Ring of Fire

What is the Ring of Fire?

• A misshapen horseshoe of volcanic lava flow

• A burning ring of fire

• A pattern of volcanic eruptions around the world

• A story of earthquakes and volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How many volcanic eruptions have occurred in the Ring of Fire?

• Less than 100

• Around 1,000

• Around 5,000

• Nearly 8 out of 10 recorded eruptions

What percentage of big earthquakes have occurred in the Ring of Fire?

• Less than 10%

• Around 30%

• Around 50%

• More than two-thirds

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How many earthquakes measuring over eight have occurred in the Ring of Fire in the last 50 years?

• Less than 5

• Around 10

• Around 20

• 23

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes magma to rise to the Earth's surface and create volcanoes?

• Subduction of ocean plates

• Collisions of tectonic plates

• Hot spots within tectonic plates

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• Within tectonic plates

• At the Earth's core

• In the Ring of Fire

• In Antarctica

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

• death ring

• fire zone

• ring of fire

• zone of fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

• death ring

• fire zone

• ring of fire

• zone of fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Pacific Ring of Fire is an arc around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes and earthquakes are formed.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2