Zoom out as far as possible and locate the Ring of Fire on your map. Compare the location of the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire with the nearby plate boundaries. Using the plate boundaries legend, which type of boundary is most prevalent at the location of these volcanoes?
Zoom out as far as possible and locate the Ring of Fire on your map. Compare the location of the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire with the nearby plate boundaries. Using the plate boundaries legend, which type of boundary is most prevalent at the location of these volcanoes?
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Marianas trench
Java (Sunda)
trench
Challenger Deep
B
Bougainville trench
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Equator
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Tonga trench
Kermadec trench
Middle America
trench
Peru-Chile trench
Zoom out as far as possible and locate the Ring of Fire on your map. Compare the
location of the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire with the nearby plate boundaries. Using
the plate boundaries legend, which type of boundary is most prevalent at the location
of these volcanoes?
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South Sandwich
trench
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Course Activity: Topographic Maps and Satellite Photo...
Part D
Turn off the Significant Earthquakes layer and turn on the Significant Volcanic
Eruptions layer. Observe the similarities between the locations of volcanoes and the
plate boundaries.
COPT
More than half of the world's volcanoes that are above sea level are located in the Ring
of Fire. The Ring of Fire surrounds the Pacific plate, as shown on the map.
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IN
Ryukyu trench
Philippine
trench
Java (Sunda)
trench
Kurile trench
Japan trench
Izu Bonin trench
Marianas trench
O Challenger Deep
Bougainville trench
F
Aleutian trench
Equator
Tonga trench
Kermadec trench
F
Middle America
trench
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Peru-Chile trench
Puerto Rico trench
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