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Why does a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes surround the pacific ocean?
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Because there is a plate boundary around the whole Pacific Ocean. This area is also called the Ring of Fire.
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Zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean?
The Ring of Fire
What is the name of the volcanoes and earthqake belts that suround the rim of the specific ocean?
The name of the volcanoes and earthquake belts that surround the rim of the Pacific Ocean is 'Ring of Fire'.
Is there evidance that the volcanoes and earthquakes are common in coasts and islands along the edges of the pacific ocean?
yes
A large belt of mountain ranges and volcanoes surrounds the pacific ocean. Which events are most closely associated with these mountains and volcanoes?
Earthquakes
What does the ring of fire have to do with earthquakes?
The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific ocean. These signify tectonic activity, making a high likelihood of earthquakes.
What ocean has a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around it?
Pacific Ocean
What ocean has a line of earthquakes and volcanoes around it?
Pacific
Zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean?
The Ring of Fire
What zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean?
The Ring of Fire
What is a circle of fiery volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean in a circle of death?
Ring of Fire.
Japan is located in an area with active volcanoes and earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean known as the?
The Pacific ring of fire.
What is the name of the volcanoes and earthqake belts that suround the rim of the specific ocean?
The name of the volcanoes and earthquake belts that surround the rim of the Pacific Ocean is 'Ring of Fire'.
Why are earthquakes and volcanoes frequert in japan?
Because Japan lies in the Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanoes that ring the Pacific Ocean.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?
If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.
Is there evidance that the volcanoes and earthquakes are common in coasts and islands along the edges of the pacific ocean?
yes
A large belt of mountain ranges and volcanoes surrounds the pacific ocean. Which events are most closely associated with these mountains and volcanoes?
Earthquakes
Where in the world are earthquakes more common?
Earthquakes are most common where plates of the crusts collide or separate and especially in the Pacific ring of fire. The pacific ring of fire is a chain of volcanoes and earthquakes along the edges of the Pacific ocean.
