Question

Are volcanoes created closer or further from fault lines? why?

Answer 1

Volcanoes occur along both subduction and rift zones but are generally absent along strike-slip plate margins.

Answer 2

At constructive plate boundaries, the tectonic plates are moving away from one another. The Earth's crust is pulled apart to create a new pathway for rising hot magma to flow on to the surface. Volcanoes can sometimes form in these setting; one example is Iceland.