Ring of Fire

Where is the Ring of Fire?The Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the basin of the Pacific.Why is it called the ring of fire have to do with plate tectonics? The Ring of Fire is a direct consequence of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates.What does the ring of fire have to do with plate tectonics?The "Ring of Fire" refers to a string of volcanoes, which create a ring in the Pacific. The relevance to plate tectonics, is that volcanoes are created by two plates coming together and pushing up on each other to create the volcano. The Ring of Fire is evidence of high plate tectonic movement in that particular area and outlines where the plates in that area come together.What events on the Earth’s surface tend occur in this region more frequently than in other regions of the earth? Why do they occur here? The earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the Ring of Fire because of the movement in the plate tectonics.What do trenches and mountain ranges have to do with the ring of fire and plate tectonics? Trenches are deep underwater. Trenches which are found where two destructive plate margins meet e.g. there is one east of Japan. Mountain ranges are created where two land masses on different plate margins come together and all the earth between these margins gets forced upwards, the most famous one is the Himalayas. The ring of fire is the volcanic area found on the edge of the massive pacific tectonic plate, which as you guess is a circular shape.