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The Physical World — Test

Question 19 • Geography

What is significant about the Ring of Fire in relation to Earth’s spheres?

Answer
A
It causes highly destructive wildfires to spread in the biosphere.
B
It creates earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the geosphere.
C
It decreases soil building along ocean coastlines in the geosphere.
D
It disrupts sea life in the biospheres, particularly in the Atlantic Ocean.

Explanation

The Ring of Fire is a belt of active tectonic plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean. Movement of the plates causes earthquakes, and melting rock can rise to produce volcanic eruptions; both are processes in the geosphere. The other choices describe effects that do not define the Ring of Fire, and it is not centered in the Atlantic Ocean.

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