Question

(a) What is a volcano? give one example of a volcano caused by convergent tectonic plates. (b) Which region is called the ring of fire? Why?

Answer 1

Explanation:

This incredible explosive eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in A.D. 79 is an example of a composite volcano that forms as the result of a convergent plate boundary: Volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries are found all along the Pacific Ocean basin, primarily at the edges of the Pacific, Cocos, and Nazca plates.

Answer 2

(a) A mountain with a hole (crater) at the top through which steam, hot melted rock (lava), fire, etc. Sometimes come out is called a volcano .

The explosive eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in A. D. 79 is a example of volcano caused by convergent tectonic plates.

(b) The area encircling the Pacific Ocean called the "ring of fire" because its edges mark a circle of high volcanic and seismic activity (earthquake).

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