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What is the Ring of Fire?
It's a string of volcanoes and earthquake sites all along the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
What is the shape of the Ring of Fire?
It's in the shape of a horseshoe.
Whare the three types of plate boundaries called?
Convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries.
What happens at a convergent plate boundary?
The plates crash into each other.
What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
The plates pull apart from each other.
What happens at a transform plate boundary?
The plates slide past each other.
What are the gaps between plates called?
They're called 'faults'.
Where is Krakatoa located?
It's on an island in Indonesia.
Where is the San Andreas Fault located?
It's located in California.
How many volcanoes does the Ring of Fire contain?
It's contains 452 volcanoes.
Where can most of the active volcanoes be found in the Ring of Fire?
They are found on its western edge.
At convergent boundaries the _______ plate can slip under the _______ plate.
At convergent boundaries the HEAVIER plate can slip under the LIGHTER plate.
The mantle is the layer between the Earth's _____ and _____.
The mantle is the layer between the Earth's CRUST and CORE.
At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, there is a series of deep ocean ________ that run ________ to volcanoes along the Ring of Fire.
At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, there is a series of deep ocean TRENCHES that run PARALLEL to volcanoes along the Ring of Fire.
How are active volcanoes formed?
They form from magma rising up through the Earth's crust.
Mount Fuji sits at a "______ ________," where _____ tectonic plates interact.
Mount Fuji sits at a "TRIPLE JUNCTION," where THREE tectonic plates interact.
