Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?
A) Volcanoes are associated with subduction and a convergent plate boundary.
B) Volcanoes are fed by a long-lived hot spot below the Pacific lithospheric plate.
C) Volcanoes are associated with a mid-Pacific oceanic ridge and spreading center.
D) Volcanoes are associated with a mid-Pacific transform fault.
Question 2
Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at ________.
A) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries
B) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
C) rift zones along oceanic ridges
D) sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins
Galapagos Islands
An albatross chick at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Midway Atoll.
Types of Volcanoes