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Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

Question 4 • LVA-Earth and Space Science - FALL

What is the “Ring of Fire?”

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The Ring of Fire is a roughly ring-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur. It is caused mainly by tectonic plate boundaries, especially areas where oceanic plates subduct beneath other plates.

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