Rothesa Arcena X- ST.
Bernard
# Question
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 Why is a blocky lava an important clue to the
explosiveness of a volcano?
5 What happens when the gas in magma is unable
to escape?
6 What happens when the upward energy of an
eruption column decreases?
7 What is the presence of hornblende in the rock
an important clue?
8 What is the surprising find made in the
fumaroles at Mt. Lassen?
9 What is the process that moves rock and
seawater down into the Earth?
10 What percent of the world’s earthquakes occur
around the Pacific Rim/Ring of Fire?
11 What is the evidence that is ¼ mile inland
regarding the seriousness of the earthquakes?
12 What is one of the major hazards associated with
megathrust earthquakes?
13 What are the clue scientists found about the Ring
of Fire’s megathrust earthquakes?
14 About how deep is the trench by Alaska?
15 What are scientists using to track the plate
movements around the Ring of Fire?
16 What role do convection currents play in plate
tectonics?
17 How hot was the water coming out of the black
smokers?
18 What is the major feature that keeps the plate
movement alive?
19 To what location are parts of California, Baja
Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands moving?
20 What is the ultimate process by which plates
move?
Answer
3 quarters of earth's volcano are situated in the Ring of Fire.
Because 75% percent of all the volcanoes in US are situated
in Alaska. Making in a perfect laboratory for studying
volcano.
Augustine Volcano is a stratovolcano.
The lava is thicker when it flows out of the volcano, and its
thickness affects how it goes down the slope. It is a evidence
of thick viscous magma trapping gases within volcanoes,
leading in explosive eruptions
As a result of the catastrophic buildup of gas inside the
molten rock, huge explosions happen.
They can collapse back down the volcano's slopes in a
superheated avalanche of ash and gasses, destroying
everything in their path.
It tells us about the magma conditions wherein the hornblende crystallizes.
These hornblende crystals show the presence of water deep inside the
earth, and scientists believe it plays a role in the formation of magmas that
power the volcano.
The gasses contain carbon 12 a type of carbon that comes
from living organisms the specific levels of c12 are found
here at the unique signature of tiny sea organisms called
phytoplankton.
the process that moves rock and seawater down into the
Earth is called subduction.
90% percent of the world’s earthquakes occur around the
Pacific Rim/Ring of Fire
The evidence that is ¼ mile inland regarding the seriousness
of the earthquakes are boulders light over like dominoes
One of the major hazards associated with megathrust
earthquakes is Tsunami's
Megathrust earthquakes caused deep underground by
subduction
21,000 feet
They use GPS to track the plate movements around the Ring
of Fire
The convection currents separate Earth’s plates allowing lava
to spill out unto the seabeds.
Over 750 degrees
The Mid- Ocean ridges
Up to Alaska
The ultimate process by which plates move is convection