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Ring Of Fire Research Paper

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INTRODUCTION
Have you ever wondered what a volcano was ?
Well, a volcano is a long tube that 's filled with lave. Also, lava is very hot and can burn you alive.

What are volcanoes ? Volcanoes are openings in the surface of the earth from which gas or cold melton, or liquid, rock escape and cover the land with smoking hot lava. Also, gases and rock and shoot up through the opening and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments.

Where are volcanoes found?
Many active volcanoes are located/found around the edges of the volcanoes on the west coast of americas, the east coast of siberia, japan, the philippines, and in island chains from new guinea to new zealand this thing is called the Ring Of Fire.

How volcanoes erupt.
When a

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