Question

What causes Hawaii to have volcanoes?

Answer 1

Plate tectonics cause the local tectonic plate (in the case of the Hawaii hotspot, the Pacific Plate) to slowly slide over the hotspot, carrying its volcanoes with it without affecting the plume. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the magma supply for the volcano is slowly cut off, eventually going extinct.

Answer 2

Plate tectonics cause the local plate tectonic to slowly slide over the hotspot, carrying its volcanoes with it without affecting the plume. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the magma supply for the volcano is slowly cut off, eventually going extinct.

Answer 3

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