Why are volcanoes in Hawaii?

Answer 1

I wouldn't call them snow caped mountains. Calling a mountain "Snow Caped" implies that snow is present on the mountain for most of the year.

There are 3 mountain peaks on the big island where snow can occur, all of them over 13,000 feet above sea level.

The air gets heated by sunlight that hits the Earth's surface first, then radiates into the atmosphere. Therefore the farther away from the Earth's surface you get the colder air temperature becomes.

If you have ever flown on a airplane, sometimes you can look out the window and see ice crystals forming. This can happen even if you are flying over Texas in the summer where ground temperatures can reach over 110F.

In large storms, especially during the winter clouds can have ice crystals form in the higher layers even when its raining in the lower levels.

When those storms pass over high mountains, the peaks receive snow instead of rain as precipitation. This can happen in Hawaii during certain storms on average several times each year.

The elevation where this occurs depends on the mountains distance from the poles. For instance, if snow could occur at 5000 feet in Alaska, then it could occur at 10,000 feet in Colorado and 13000 feet in Hawaii and 15000 feet in southern Mexico. (numbers not exact just estimations to give you the idea)

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Goats were introduced to Hawaii by Captain James Cook in 1778. They were well known in Hawaii by 1793, and reported as abundant by 1850. From 1844 to 1900, 1,581,000 goat skins were exported from the Hawaiian Islands. Goat control programs were placed into effect early in the 20th Century.

Parker Ranch goats are descendants of gifts to Hawaii kings by Cook, Vancouver, and others. The animal known today as Capra hircus seems to be a mixture of at least three different wild goats from different parts of the Old World. Billies weigh about 100 pounds and can have horn lengths of 30 inches.

Answer 3

because I said so

The real reason is because Hawaii is on a hotspot so lava flows out of a crack in the crust and a volcano forms.