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The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of major volcanic activity because of tectonic plate boundaries. Where is another area of Earth where you might expect to find such volcanic activity?

Answer 1

the mountains of Italy where two plates, The european and African plates collide.

The European Plate is pushing under the ocean crust that is connected to the African plate, which melts the crust's material along the way. The pressure created by the molten magma under the continental crust leads to volcanic activity.

This plate boundary produced the well-known Vesuvius volcano, which destroyed and preserved Pompeii; it also produced the active volcano that exists today in Etna Scilly; and it is most likely the reason the Alps were formed by the collision of these plate boundaries.

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Answer 2

Victoria Argento

Another area where you might expect to find volcanic activity is along divergent boundaries, such as mid-ocean ridges.

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