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What causes the Pacific Ring of Fire surrounding the Pacific Ocean?

Which does NOT contribute to keeping the interior of the Earth hot:

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1
Which does NOT contribute to keeping the interior of the Earth hot:
The Sun
Left over hear
Radioactivity
Convection in the mantle
2
What causes the Pacific Ring of Fire surrounding the Pacific Ocean?
Subduction of oceanic lithosphere
Collision of two continents
Divergence of c ontinental crust
Divergent of oceanic crust
3
Where are you most at risk for earthquakes AND volcanic eruptions?
Alpine Mountain
Himalayan Mountains
Andes Mountains
San andreas Fault
4
Where are you more likely to find a rift zone?
Ocean - Ocean Divergent
Ocean - Continent Divergent
Continent - Continent Divergent
Continent - Continent Convergent
5
Where are most violent earthquakes going to happen
Siesmic Boundary
On Divergent Boundaries
On Convergent Boundaries
On Transform boundaries
6
What is the equation for density?
M/V
V/M
M*V
No equation
7
What is a contental Shelf?
The beach
Edge of Continent
A Mountain Area
Subduction Zone
8
Where is an astroid most likely to hit?
In Antartica
Only on land
Flagstaff, Arizona
Anywhere
9
How is magma formed at subduction zones?
Addition of Water
Decompresion
Heat
silica content
10
What evidence was NOT used to develop the theory of plate tectonic in 1912?
Same fossil types that connect across continents
Continents fit back together like puzzle pieces
Age of the sea floor
Mountain Ranges that connect across continents