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| 1 | a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean | 15 sets | |
| 2 | a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean. | 10 sets | |
| 3 | collection of volcanoes rimming the pacific ocean, really a ring of subduction zones | 8 sets | |
| 4 | the chain of volcanoes that lines the pacific rim | 7 sets | |
| 5 | circle of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean | 7 sets | |
| 6 | this is the zone of earthquakes surrounding the pacific ocean which is called the circum-pacific belt. about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there. the next most seismic region (5-6% of earthquakes) is the alpide belt (estends from mediterranean region, eastward through turkey, iran and northern india. | 4 sets | |
| 7 | rim of the pacific ocean | 4 sets | |
| 8 | a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the pacific ocean | 3 sets | |
| 9 | the eastern portion of china. | 3 sets | |
| 10 | area around the pacific ocean where most of the volcanoes and earthquakes on earth occur | 3 sets | |
| 11 | a geographic zone that extends along the rim of the pacific ocean and has numerous volcanoes and earthquakes. | 3 sets | |
| 12 | major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean | 3 sets | |
| 13 | the belt or zone of volcanoes that encircles the edge of the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 14 | a major volcanic belt | 2 sets | |
| 15 | a major belt of volcanos that rims the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 16 | it is a ring of volcanoes in the pacific ocean. caused by plates colliding and creating subduction which creates the volcanoes. | 2 sets | |
| 17 | a major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean. (p. 217) | 2 sets | |
| 18 | geologically active region around the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 19 | major belt of volcanoes that rim the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 20 | pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 21 | a chain of active volcanoes circling the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 22 | a circle of valcanos surrounding the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 23 | a ring of volcanoes around the pacific ocean where plates meet | 2 sets | |
| 24 | a region of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounding the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 25 | a zone circling the edge of the pacific ocean basin where tectonic subduction causes the formation of volcanoes and trenches. also known as the circum-pacific belt | 2 sets | |
| 26 | a circle of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 27 | the chain of volcanoes that lines the pacific rim. | 2 sets | |
| 28 | major volcanic belt formed by the many volcanoes that rim the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 29 | area where ajoinig plate's of the earth's crust slip and buckle, setting off earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? | 2 sets | |
| 30 | the earthquake and volcano zone which encircles the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 31 | this refers to the belt or chain of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounding the pacific ocean. | 2 sets | |
| 32 | johnny cash | 2 sets | |
| 33 | about 90% of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur on here | 2 sets | |
| 34 | the zone that circles the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 35 | a major belt of volcanos that rim the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 36 | the pacific _________ _________ _______ has some of the most earthquakes anywhere | 2 sets | |
| 37 | an area of volcanic activity along the borders of the pacific ocean | 2 sets | |
| 38 | the group of volcanic mountain ranges surrounding the pacific plate. created by continental-oceanic convergent plate boundaries. | 2 sets | |
| 39 | major earthquake and volcano zone that extends nearly all the way around the edge of the pacific ocean | 1 set | |
| 40 | volcanoes that form on the border of the pacific plate are in what is known as the ring of fire | 1 set | |