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Why are the Hawaiian Islands used as evidence of plate tectonics?
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∙ 8y ago
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.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agomovement of continents, seasons to change,weather to change,
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∙ 11y agoit is on a hotspot.
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What modern process is thought to be similar to the way crust formed before plate tectonics began?
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands
Why is the fossil Glossopteris evidence of Gondwana?
Evidence of plate tectonics
What are some evidence of plate tectonics?
The ring of fire.
Does ganymede shows evidence of ancient plate tectonics?
Yes.
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 do hot spots and the plate tectonics theory account for the different ages of the Hawaiian Islands?
because
What modern process is thought to be similar to the way crust formed before plate tectonics began?
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands
Is there evidence of plate tectonics on Venus?
Nope plate tectonics do not exist on Venus.
Does seismologic evidence support plate tectonics?
yes it represets plate tectonics
The Hawaiian islands are located where the Pacific Plate is?
The Hawaiian islands are located where the Pacific plate is migrating.
Why is the fossil Glossopteris evidence of Gondwana?
Evidence of plate tectonics
What is evidence for plate tectonics?
Coriolis effect.
What makes Hawaiian volcanoes erupt?
Nature. with plate tectonics and stuff
How did the Aleutian islands form?
The Aleutian Islands were formed by the collision of tectonic plates. The islands lie along the boundary where the Pacific Plate is being pushed beneath the North American Plate in a process known as subduction. This tectonic activity has led to the creation of a chain of volcanic islands.
What are some evidence of plate tectonics?
The ring of fire.
Where plate tectonics involved in the formation of the galapagos islands?
Maybe
Does ganymede shows evidence of ancient plate tectonics?
Yes.
