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What is a hot spot? |
Magma chambers underneath the lithosphere that makes it to the surface. |
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What happens over a hotspot? |
Lava erupts creating Islands |
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Give an example of a place over a hotspot. |
Hawaii |
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Three types of volcanoes and two characteristics for each type and where they are found. |
Type - Shield a. Basaltic b. Hawaiian Islands c. Gentle slopes Type - Composite a. Steep b. Andesite/ Violent eruptions c. Mt. St.Helens Type - Cinder a. Huge Craters b. Made from tephra c. Yellow stone |
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Determine where the youngest rocks are located based on what you know about seafloor spreading in the diagram above. |
Youngest at C |
