Multiple choice

Hawaii Island are known for active volcanoes because

  1. They are locked in the subduction zone of the covering plates

  2. faults and fractures are found there

  3. They are situated over a hot plume

  4. they are situated on a mild oceanic ridge with rising convective currents
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Explanation

The Hawaiian Islands are a classic example of hotspot volcanism, where a stationary plume of hot mantle material rises through the middle of a tectonic plate. As the Pacific Plate moves over this plume, a chain of volcanoes is created.

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