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Why does Japan have volcanoes?
Japan has volcanoes because it lies on the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate which is being shoved under the Asian plate. As the Pacific plate descends. the increasing heat causes the rock to melt and volcanoes to erupt.
What plate matches almost perfectly with the ring of fire where most of the earthquake and volcanoes occur?
The pacific plate :)
Volcanoes tend to exist along major plate boundaries what two boundaries exist that cause the volcanoes to exist along the cascade range in the pacific northwest?
Pacific plate and north american plate
Why are there earthquakes in the region of pacific plate and north America plan despite the absence of volcanoes?
The Pacific plate is sliding past the North American plate.Both move in same direction, but the Pacific plate is moving faster.The result is earthquakes now and then-but no volcanoes.
On what plate do most earthquakes occur?
In the pacific plate. Mostly around the area known as the Pacific Ring of Fore. 70% of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes happen in the Pacific Ring of Fire which is located in the Pacific Plate.
Were do volcanoes most erupt?
the 'ring of fire' that surrounds the pacific plate.
What are the volcanoes on the edges of the Pacific plate called?
Those are referred to as the Ring of Fire.
What tectonic plate does Hawaii sit on?
Hawaii is situated broadly in the centre of the Pacific plate. It has volcanoes because it sits on a particularly thin part of that plate which allows for magma from below the plate to rise and come to the surface.
What is the direction of the plate and how does this compare to the trend in direction of the island chain?
The pacific plate moves towards the northwest. the plate moves the older volcanoes with it and so the hot spot produces new volcanoes.
How does the ring of fire form volcanoes?
The pacific plate pushes up against the plates surrounding it; thus creating volcanoes.
If composite volcanoes often form along convergent boundaries which plate should be surrounded by the most composite volcanoes?
pacific
Which water body is surrounded by a geologically active ring of fire?
The Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a group of volcanoes. The pacific tectonic plate.
