Where is the Ring of Fire located?

• Atlantic Plate

• Pacific Plate

• Japanese Plate

• North American Plate

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Where is the largest abundance of US Volcanoes located?

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• California

• Washington

What is the ring of fire?

• The section of the volcano which the most activity takes place in

• A section along the pacific ocean where a hot spot of volcanoes are located.

• The most deadly volcano in the world

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What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments?

• cinder cone
• composite cone
• shield volcano
• pahoehoe volcano

Can volcanic eruptions effect the temperature of the ocean?

• yes 
• no

It is a circle of volcanoes and earthquakes along the rim, or outer edge, of the Pacific Ocean.

• Tsunamis

• The Ring of Fire

• Tectonic Plates

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What continents are affected by the Ring of Fire?

• Europe

• Australia, Asia, North America, South America

• Franch, Italy, Spain

Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by...

• measuring pressure at the surface
• studying seismic waves
• drilling through each layer
• estimation of temperature in the layers

This area contains over 70 percent of volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes in the world.

• North American plate
• ring of fire
• fiery rings 
• African plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Explosive eruption with ash and cinders, like a bomb...

• pyroclastic flow
• pahoehoe flow
• Aa flow
• silicon flow