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How can the chain of islands that make up Hawaii be used to show the direction the plate beneath them moving?
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In what direction is the oceanic crust beneath the Hawaiian islands moving?
northeast
Is Hawaii made up of eight islands?
Island arcs are formed by the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath another oceanic plate. The oceanic plate that is subducted beneath the other plate melts as it is pushed down into the mantle and creates a source of magma. The magma rises and forms volcanoes which create the islands of the island arc. The Hawaiian islands are formed by a mantle plume which is roughly in the center of the Pacific plate. The plate is moving across the plume and the islands are being formed in a line as the plate moves. The Hawaiian islands don't count as an island arc because they are formed in a completely different process and because they are roughly in a line, not an arc.
What will happen to the volcaoes on the island of Hawaii as a result of plate movement?
Hawaii sits on the moving Pacific plate. Beneath it is a powerful hot spot. Eventually, the plates movement will carry the island of hawaii away from the hot spot.
What will eventually happen to the active volcanoes on island of Hawaii which is now over the hot spots?
Hawaii sits on the moving Pacific plate. Beneath it is a powerful hot spot. Eventually, the plates movement will carry the island of hawaii away from the hot spot.
How will new islands in the hawaiian chain form in the future because of hot-spot volcanism?
While the Hawaiian hot spot stays in one place, the Pacific Plate moves over it and will eventually move the currently active volcanoes away from it. The magma will find new ways through the crust and erupt on the seafloor to form new volcanoes that will eventually build into islands.
What was hurricane Irene's direction of movement?
Hurricane Irene started out moving westward and gradually turned to the north as it struck a number of islands and the U.S. East Coast.
What is to change direction?
acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving
What is Changed direction?
acceleration in a direction that is not parallel to the direction you are moving
What moving company should you use if you are moving to hawaii?
U-Pack Moving offers flexible moving options for moves to Hawaii using either an ocean shipping container or the U-Pack ReloCube.
Does velocity only describes the direction in which an objects moving?
No. Velocity is a vector that describes both the direction in which an object is moving and its speed in that direction.
What direction is the Caribbean plate moving?
northwest they are moving
A boy jumps out of a moving bus there is danger for him tofall towards the moving bus or away from bus or in the direction of motion or opposite to the direction of the motion?
In the direction of
