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Why is the Ring of Fire a particularly appropriate name for the zone around the rim of the Pacifc Ocean?
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∙ 11y ago
The whole reason the Ring of Fire is called that name is because of the volcanoes.
Volcanoes form when magma under the earth reaches the outer layer of the earth and pushes up the ground to form a volcano. This process happened at TON in the area of the Ring of fire, so that's why we gave it that name.
Or, another theory is that when the plate boundaries of the crust diverge or converge, it can fracture the crust allowing magma to reach the surface. Volcanoes form along diverging plate boundaries like, mid ocean ridges and along converging plate boundaries where subduction takes place.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Ring of fire coincides with regions where the oceanic crust of the Pacific Plate is subducted under other plates.
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∙ 11y agoIt is the arrangement of 452 volcanos and over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanos in a horseshoe, or "ring", shape.
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∙ 12y agowell the ring of fire is made of scruntched up plates makeing the volcanoes. so the earthquakes are brought about because of the stressing and destressing of the plates along those volcanoes
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∙ 14y agoThere is volcanic activity
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∙ 11y agoThe Circum-Pacific belt
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Pacific Ocean
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The pacific ocean
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What is the capital of the soloman islands in the western pacific?
The pacifc ocean and north of new gnies
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What is the largest state along the Pacifc Ocean?
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Name the US states that have the Pacifc Ocean as a border?
Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and California.
What part of the ocean do you walk on?
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Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington state.
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How many miles is the pacifc ocean?
This question cannot be answered as it is stated. It is rather like asking how high is up?
Does Australia or New Zealand have the Pacifc coast line?
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What states did the pacific northwest Indians live?
The border of atlantic ocean or pacifc places such as FLorida,ALaska,andCalifornia.
