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Why is the Ring of Fire a particularly appropriate name for the zone around the rim of the Pacifc Ocean?
The whole reason the Ring of Fire is called that name is because of the volcanoes.
Volcanoes form when magma under the earth reaches the outer layer of the earth and pushes up the ground to form a volcano. This process happened at TON in the area of the Ring of fire, so that's why we gave it that name.
Or, another theory is that when the plate boundaries of the crust diverge or converge, it can fracture the crust allowing magma to reach the surface. Volcanoes form along diverging plate boundaries like, mid ocean ridges and along converging plate boundaries where subduction takes place.
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What ocean has a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around it?
Pacific Ocean
What are the names for cyclones in other parts of the world?
"Tropical cyclone" is the generic name for all these tropical/ subtropical disturbances.Cyclone is the term used in the southeast Pacific and northeast Indian Ocean, particularly around Australian waters.Hurricane is the term used in the Americas, particularly around the west Atlantic.Typhoon is the term generally given to cyclones occurring around Asia, in the northwest Pacific and nearby seas, such as the South China Sea.
Most earthquakes occur around the outer edge of what ocean?
The pacific ocean
Which ocean would an explorer sailing west around cape horn travel?
He would travel from the South Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
What is the Pacific basin?
the area around the Pacific Ocean. It has a port.
Is Puerto Rico located near the pacifc ocean?
It is situated between the Carribean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
What did vasco nunez de balboa name the pacifc ocean?
Great South Sea
What is the capital of the soloman islands in the western pacific?
The pacifc ocean and north of new gnies
Which states in the US border the pacifc ocean?
Oregon, California, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii are the states that border the Pacific Ocean.
Name the US states that have the Pacifc Ocean as a border?
Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and California.
What is the largest state along the Pacifc Ocean?
California has the most land mass along the Pacific.
What part of the ocean do you walk on?
It depends on where you live. Like there is a Pacific ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and other important oceans. For the Pacifc ocean you have to be east of the United States. For the Atlantic Ocean you have to be in Europe or Africa.
How many us states border the pacifc ocean?
Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington state.
How many miles is the pacifc ocean?
This question cannot be answered as it is stated. It is rather like asking how high is up?
What are some of the animal life in the hydothermal vents?
there is tubeworms and huge clams in the pacifc ocean but eyeless shrimp in the atlantic
Does Australia or New Zealand have the Pacifc coast line?
Yes, both Australia and New Zealand both have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean.
Do airplanes cross the Pacifc Ocean to go to Japan or they go to the other way?
From where?? India? then no If from the US then yes Why wouldn't they, look at a globe
