Volcanic Hotspots and Island Chains Exercise

Volcanic Hotspots and Island Chains

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Volcanic Hotspots and Island Chains

Discover how volcanic hotspots form island chains away from tectonic plate boundaries. Learn how moving plates create linear tracks of volcanoes over stationary magma plumes.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What is a volcanic hotspot?

  2. MultiChoice

    How did the Hawaiian Islands form?

  3. MultiChoice

    As a tectonic plate moves over a stationary hotspot, what pattern of volcanoes is created?

  4. MultiChoice

    Which Hawaiian island is currently positioned directly above the hotspot and is volcanically active?

  5. MultiChoice

    Which Hawaiian island is the oldest and most eroded among the main islands?

  6. MultiChoice

    What is Yellowstone National Park's supervolcano powered by?

  7. MultiChoice

    What is an underwater volcanic mountain that does not reach the ocean surface called?

  8. MultiChoice

    What is a guyot?

  9. MultiChoice

    Which type of lava is most commonly erupted at oceanic hotspots like Hawaii?

  10. MultiChoice

    Is the mantle plume (hotspot source) thought to move rapidly or stay relatively fixed?

  11. MultiChoice

    What new submarine volcano is currently forming southeast of the island of Hawaii?

  12. MultiChoice

    Iceland is unique because it is formed by both a hotspot and what other feature?