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
An albatross chick at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Midway Atoll.
Potentially Active Volcanoes of the Western U.S
Hazards of Shield Volcanoes
Hawaiian bobtail squid