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How the Earth Was Made: the Ring of Fire

While watching the movie video, answer the follow questions.

# Question Answer
1 How much of the world’s volcanoes are found
along the Ring of Fire?
2 Why does the study of volcanoes around the
Ring of Fire start in Alaska?

3 What type of volcano is Augustine Volcano?

4 What happens when the gas in magma is unable

to escape?

5 What happens when the plume of an eruption

begins to fall?

6 What is the presence of hornblende in the rock

an important clue?

7 What living thing were scientists surprised to

find in the fumaroles at Mt. Lassen?

8 What is the process that moves rock and

seawater down into the Earth?

9 What percent of the world’s earthquakes occur

around the Pacific Rim/Ring of Fire?
10 About how deep is the trench by Alaska?

11 What are scientists using to track the movement

of plates around the Ring of Fire?
12 What role do convection currents play in plate
tectonics?

13 How hot was the water coming out of the black

smokers?
14 What is the major feature that keeps the plate
movement alive?

15 To what location are parts of California, Baja

Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands moving?
16 What is the ultimate process by which plates
move?
Name: KEY Pd.
Date:

How the Earth Was Made: the Ring of Fire

While watching the movie video, answer the follow questions.
# Question Answer
1 How much of the world’s volcanoes are found ¾
along the Ring of Fire?
2 Why does the study of volcanoes around the 75% of all volcanoes in the US; OR northern most portion of
Ring of Fire start in Alaska? the plate

3 What type of volcano is Augustine Volcano? Stratovolcano

5 What happens when the gas in magma is unable giant explosions or violent eruptions
to escape?

6 What happens when the upward energy of an the column of rock and ash collapses
eruption column decreases?

7 What is the presence of hornblende in the rock it means there is water present under the surface
an important clue?

8 What is the surprising find made in the contain C-12, signature for phytoplankton
fumaroles at Mt. Lassen?

9 What is the process that moves rock and subduction

seawater down into the Earth?

10 What percent of the world’s earthquakes occur 90%

around the Pacific Rim/Ring of Fire?
14 About how deep is the trench by Alaska? 21,000 feet

15 What are scientists using to track the movement GPS

of plates around the Ring of Fire?
16 What role do convection currents play in plate they move the plates
tectonics?

17 How hot was the water coming out of the black over 750 degrees
smokers?
18 What is the major feature that keeps the plate mid-ocean ridges
movement alive?

19 To what location are parts of California, Baja Alaska

Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands moving?
20 What is the ultimate process by which plates convection
move?