Hawaii
What ocean does the Ring of Fire wrap around the edges of?
The Pacific Ocean
What are the 6 largest Hawaiian Islands?
The Big Island, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu and Kauai
How many volcanoes does the Ring of Fire contain?
452
Which is the youngest Hawaiian Island?
The Big Island
What is one of the most active faults within the Ring of Fire, that cuts through California, called?
The San Andreas Fault
What are the Hawaiian Island born from?
Volcanic Activity
What boundary is formed by tectonic plates crashing into each other?
Convergent boundary
What direction does the Hawaiian Islands form a chain?
Northwest
What is the new Hawaiian Island that is currently forming called?
Loihi
What tectonic plate are the Hawaiian Islands on top of?
The Pacific Plate
Where does hot spot volcanism occur?
What is the tallest mountain in the world, measuring from base to top?
Mauna Kea
What are tectonic plates?
Huge slabs of Earth's crust
Where does traditional volcanism occur?
Plate boundaries
What percent of all active volcanoes on Earth are in the Ring of Fire?
75 percent
What boundary is formed by tectonic plates pulling apart from each other?
Divergent boundary
What is the upwelling of molten rock, extending hundreds of kilometers below the Earth's surface, that forms the Hawaiian Islands called?
A hot spot
How long has the hot spot under Hawaii been expelling magma for?
Roughly 70 million years
What is the layer between the Earth's core and its crust?
The mantle
Aleutian Trench
What are the chain of submarine mountains northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands called?
The Emperor Seamount
How many inches does the Pacific Plate move per year?
2.75 inches per year
What are the areas of slippage within transform boundaries called?
Faults
What is a "triple junction?"
An area where three tectonic plates interact
How many tectonic plates make up Earth's crust?
Roughly 20 tectonic plates