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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.
Are the Emperor seamonts older than the Hawaiian Islands?
Yes.
Are the Hawaiian Islands bigger than Jamaica?
Jamaica is slightly larger than the largest of the Hawaiian islands, but smaller than the combined total of Hawaii.
How many islands incorporate the Hawaiian Islands?
The Hawaiian Islands include eight major islands: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, and Kahoolawe. It also includes many smaller islets, atolls, and underwater seamounts.
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.
Why do the hawaiian islands get smaller when they move northwest?
The Hawaiian islands are made from volcanic eruptions. The active volcanoes in the circle of fire are to the south of Hawaii.
Why are the Hawaiian Islands in a line?
The Hawaiian Islands are in a line due to the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a hot spot in the Earth's mantle, which creates a chain of volcanic islands as the plate drifts. As the plate moves northwest, new volcanic islands form while older islands erode and subside, resulting in the linear arrangement of the Hawaiian archipelago.
How many island s are there in the state of Hawaii?
The Hawaiian islands are the islands of your nightmares! You enter it ........... Heeheehee! Just jockin'. There are 8 main ones.
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are part of?
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are a part of Polynesia.
When was Hawaiian Islands Invitational created?
Hawaiian Islands Invitational was created in 2011.
Does the hot spot move with the hawaiian islands?
Yes, the hot spot does move with the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a volcanic hot spot in the Earth's mantle, which remains stationary while the Pacific tectonic plate moves over it. As the plate shifts, it creates a chain of islands, with the youngest island currently over the hot spot and the older islands gradually moving away from it. This results in the formation of new islands as the plate continues to drift.
What's an example of an area that is smaller than the a continent and is completely surrounded by water?
Are you talking about an island? (e.g. Hawaiian Islands)
