Question

The Hawaiian Islands are island that formed over a hotspot. .which of the following processes formed the Hawaiian Islands?

Melted rock called magma rose through holes in Earth's crust and gradually solidified as it cooled.

Tectonic movement forced certain segments of Earth's crust downward and other segments upward in jagged chunks.

One tectonic plate moved beneath another plate at a subduction zone, causing the rock to melt and rise above Earth's surface.

Segments of Earth's crust bent and doubled over, and moving wind and water gradually shaped

Answer 1

Hotspots under the earth's crust pushed molten lava up to the surface, causing the formation of sea volcanoes, which, over time, rose to break the surface of the water and formed the islands. As the Pacific Plate rotated, the newly-created land mass shifted northwest, making room for the hotspots to form more islands until all of the Hawaiian Islands were formed.