Answered: The "Ring of Fire" is an arc of…

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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1LR

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Question

The "Ring of Fire" is an arc of volcanoes on land. It is created by:

Group of answer choices

A) Divergent boundaries around the African Plate.

B) Divergent boundaries around the Antarctic Plate.

C) Convergent boundaries around the Pacific Plate.

D) Convergent boundaries around the Nazca Plate.

Expert Solution

Step 1

Ring of Fire:

It is referred to as a Cir-Cum Pracific Belt.
Ring of fire is characterized by the number of 450 active volcanoes that have found underneath ground of the water along the Pracific Ocean.
The shape of the Ring of Fire is like that of Horseshoe.
It is characterized by frequent active volcanoes that are occurs under the seduction zone of the Convergent boundaries alone the plate tectonic plates of Pracific Ocean.
It is also characterized by frequent earthquakes that has suddenly happened by the movement of two plates by scraps against each other plates downward and trenches are being shake.
Ring of fire is associated nearby the southern trip of South America and it lies along the weast coast of North America across the Bering Strait covering the downslope of the Japan and New zealand.