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Sample Test-Hawaiian Island Quiz

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Plate Tectonics—Hawaiian Islands Formation

Please circle the best answer for the questions:

1. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by:

a. Large amount of sedimentary rock deposits formed in the ocean from a river spill

b. plate tectonics, the ocean floor moved over an active hot spot

c. plate tectonics, two land masses collided forming a mountain

2. The ocean floor moves at approximately what rate per year

a. 5 inches

b. 5 feet

c. 5 centimeters

3. Geologists believe that a huge column of upwelling lava, known as a _____________ lies at a

fixed position under the Pacific Plate.

a. Volcanoes

b. Plumes

c. Calderas

True or False:

4. _______ Kilauea, the world’s largest active volcano, is still rumbling because the island has yet

to move completely off the hot spot.

5. _______ The farther the other islands in the chain are from Hawaii, the greater their age.

6. ________ About 2,000 miles from Hawaii, the chain abruptly veers and extends north as a line

of submerged volcanoes known as the Emperor Kingston.

7. ________ Upwelling lava creates a steady succession of new volcanoes that migrate along with

the plate - a veritable conveyor belt of volcanic islands.

8. ________ At its present rate of ascension, scientists predict that Loihi will poke through the

surface in about one thousand years.

Short Answer

9. Briefly explain the theory of plate tectonics and how hot spots play a role in that.

10. If Earth did not have plate tectonics, would we still have the Hawaiian Islands? Explain

Sample Test-Hawaiian Island Quiz