EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Question
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All of the Pacific plate boundaries are convergent
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All of the Pacific plate boundaries are transform
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The large size of the Pacific plate creates bigger Hot Spots
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The Pacific plate has thin crust that allows magma to break through
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Johnny Cash cursed the land on his deathbed using his infernal bardic magicks
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is largely a result of Plate Tectonics where massive Pacific Plate interacts with less-dense plates surrounding it.
Detailed explanation-2: -The abundance of volcanoes and earthquakes along the Ring of Fire is caused by the amount of movement of tectonic plates in the area. Along much of the Ring of Fire, plates overlap at convergent boundaries called subduction zones. That is, the plate that is underneath is pushed down, or subducted, by the plate above.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the sinking plate moves deeper into the mantle, fluids are released from the rock causing the overlying mantle to partially melt. The new magma (molten rock) rises and may erupt violently to form volcanoes, often building arcs of islands along the convergent boundary.
Detailed explanation-4: -Volcanoes are most common in these geologically active boundaries. The two types of plate boundaries that are most likely to produce volcanic activity are divergent plate boundaries and convergent plate boundaries.
Detailed explanation-5: -Plates rip apart at a divergent plate boundary, causing volcanic activity and shallow earthquakes; and. At a convergent plate boundary, one plate dives or “subducts” beneath the other, resulting in a variety of earthquakes and a line of volcanoes on the overriding plate.