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What is a string of islands formed from a collision of two ocean plates?
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A string of islands formed from a collision of two oceanic plates is called an island arc.
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At which type of plate boundary would a string of small volcanic islands most likely form?
Convergent Boundary meaning COLLISION! Oceanic-Oceanic which formed volcanic islands!
What is a island arcs?
it is a string of islands formed above a deep ocean trench
Volcanoes at boundaries where two oceanic plates collide create a string of islands called?
Volcanoes at the boundaries where two oceanic plates collide will create a string of islands called an archipelago. An archipelago is also linked by land areas that are below the sea.
What is an Archipelgo?
An archipelago is a group of islandsa group of islands
The Hawaiian Islands are formed by these ocean structures?
sea mountsThe Hawaiian islands were formed by volcanoes. Volcanoes have two methods of formation, convergence of tectonic plates at the edges of the plates, and hot spots under the middle of plates. The Hawaiian islands and others in that area were formed when magma from the mantle rose to Earth's surface through a certain spot in the middle of the plate (i.e., the Pacific Plate for the Hawaiian Islands). This hot spot is situated beneath the center of the plate, and the volcano above moves with the plate as it moves, but the hot spot stays in place. This causes the original volcano to become extinct when its move cuts it off from its magma source and an island is born. A new volcano will then form above the hot spot again. This process repeats as the plate moves and a string of volcanoes (and eventually, islands) will dot the surface of the plate as the movement continues away from the hot spot.
What is a chain or string of islands is called?
A chain, string or group of islands is called an archipelago.
What is a string of islands?
Archipelago
Hawaii physical features?
It is a string of islands known as an archipelago formed by volcanoes. The state gets 4 inches closer to Japan every year.
What do you call a string of islands?
An "archipelago".
What is string of islands called?
an archipelago
What do call a string of islands?
Known as an archipelago - an extensive group if islands
Japan is a string of islands also known as?
Japan is a string of island called kuril. The islands stretches around 1,300 km.
