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How are the Hawaiian Islands moving 4 inches northwest every year?
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∙ 14y ago
tectonic plates. Pacific Plate to be exact.
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In what direction is the oceanic crust beneath the Hawaiian islands moving?
northeast
What does it suggest that the Hawaiian Islands get progressively older and smaller as you move to the northwest?
the plate over the hawaiian hot spot has been moving north west.
Can you use Hawaiian Islands in a sentence?
Last summer, we went on vacation to the Hawaiian Islands.The Hawaiian Islands are an island chain that have been created by volcanoes formed under the sea.The Hawaiian Islands are slowly moving northwest with the Pacific tectonic Plate.The Hawaiian Islands are home to an indigenous culture, which may come as a surprise to many mainlanders (visitors).Out of all the Hawaiian Islands, the Big Island may have the best snorkeling, as it is the youngest island.Choosing a favorite beach from the Hawaiian Islands may be difficult.Grammar:Basically, it is a 'collective noun'.Hope this helps.
Are hawaiian islands moving?
Yes, in fact, all land on the earth is moving.
By moving the US naval fleet to the Hawaiian Islands the US showed?
military readiness
Explain why the southeastern islands in the Hawaiian Island chain contain active volcanoes and are larger while the northwestern islands are older smaller and have extinct volcanoes?
This is happening because of plate tectonics. The Pacific Plate is moving a few cenitmeters each year in a northwest direction. There is a hot spot under the Pacific plate that keeps feeding or creating the islands, as the plate moves, new islands are being formed in the southeast, at the older islands in the northwest are eroding away.
How did the hot spot create the Hawaiian islands?
There is a hot spot under the islands that keeps burning a hole in the same spot even thought the plate is moving. Hence the chain of islands.
How did the hot spot created the hawaiian island?
There is a hot spot under the islands that keeps burning a hole in the same spot even thought the plate is moving. Hence the chain of islands.
How fast are the Hawaiian islands moving?
1,200/40,000,000•0.00003km/1 yr•3 cm/1 yr 3cm per year
Are the hawaiian islands moving?
No, islands are land like America, just in one spot. It's not like land is a boat. Some Islands MIGHT lose some shape when something like an earthquake hits, some islands MIGHT gain shape from a volcano eruption. It adds more to the island.
What direction is the Caribbean plate moving?
northwest they are moving
What direction the pacific plate is moving?
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