What is the Ring of Fire?

Answer 1

The Ring of Fire (Pacific Ring of Fire) is an area of Pacific Plate subduction, rimming (of course) the Pacific Ocean. The plate subduction creates a line of volcanism geographically around its perimeter that appears to form a circle or ring.

The Ring of Fire is the subducting plate boundary of the shrinking Pacific Ocean. The subducting oceanic crust is being drawn under less dense oceanic and continental crust and is melting into the upper mantle which can lead to volcanism and earthquakes.

Answer 2

The Ring of Fire is an area of the Pacific Ocean that has is home to most of the volcanoes in the world. The area has a very large number of earthquakes and eruptions and contains over 400 volcanoes.

Answer 3

The ring of fire is in the Pacific Ocean and its like an outlining of the ocean and the continents; it goes into Japan, Australia, California, Alaska, etc. There is high volcanic activity and earthquakes around the Ring Of Fire.

The ring of fire is caused by the fact that the Pacific ocean is being destroyed. The plate margins round the Pacific tectonic plate are all destructive margins (the continents are moving slowly to shrink the size of the Pacific). These destructive margins take sea floor material back into the earth where some of it melts to produce the ring of volcanoes.

Answer 4

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped area in the Pacific Ocean known for its frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. It is home to a majority of the world's active volcanoes and approximately 90% of the world's earthquakes occur in this region.

Answer 5

an area in the pacific ocean with abundant volcanic activity