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What role do volcanoes play in the formation of the galapagos islands?
The volcanic set up of the Islands can be explained by looking at the theories of Plate Tectonics and the Hot Spot. The platform where the Galapagos Islands started their volcanic growth lies right on top of the Nazca Plate. In Galapagos, the Islands to the East are older than those to the West, this implies that the Galapagos Hot Spot is right under the western Islands of Isabela and Fernandina.
What is the name of the archipelago located at the equator west of Ecuador?
Galapagos Islands
Why are the Hawaiian Islands used as evidence of plate tectonics?
The plate tectonics theory is not relevant to the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, but the theory explains why the islands formed in a chain. According to the theory, the plates move constantly. This caused the islands to form in a chain, as the hot spot under them does not move.
Are plate tectonics flat?
yes plate tectonics are flat
What are the huge sections of the earth's crust that move called?
plate tectonics
Where plate tectonics involved in the formation of the galapagos islands?
Maybe
What role do volcanoes play in the formation of the galapagos islands?
The volcanic set up of the Islands can be explained by looking at the theories of Plate Tectonics and the Hot Spot. The platform where the Galapagos Islands started their volcanic growth lies right on top of the Nazca Plate. In Galapagos, the Islands to the East are older than those to the West, this implies that the Galapagos Hot Spot is right under the western Islands of Isabela and Fernandina.
What type of plate boundary is creating the Galapagos Islands Volcano?
your pooo
What is the name of the archipelago located at the equator west of Ecuador?
Galapagos Islands
Why are the Hawaiian Islands used as evidence of plate tectonics?
The plate tectonics theory is not relevant to the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, but the theory explains why the islands formed in a chain. According to the theory, the plates move constantly. This caused the islands to form in a chain, as the hot spot under them does not move.
How do hot spots and the plate tectonics theory account for the different ages of the Hawaiian Islands?
because
What famous islands are part of the Ecuador?
Galapagos Islands the black ans islands
Which theory describes the motion of earth's crust on its mantle?
plate tectonics=D
What islands lay off the west coast of the equator in south America?
Galapagos Islands
Which has warmer climate the Falkland Islands or the Galapagos Islands?
The Galapagos Islands
What is The theory that describes large scales movements of the lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
How do volcanoes help plate tectonics?
Volcanoes don't help plate tectonics; volcanoes are the result of plate tectonics.
