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Hot Spots
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Total cards: 5•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
What are hot spots?
Back (Answer)
Volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.
#2
Front (Question)
True or False. Hot spots are always close to tectonic plate boundaries.
Back (Answer)
False, they can be on, near to, or far from tectonic plate boundaries.
#3
Front (Question)
Give 2 examples of hot spots.
Back (Answer)
Hawaii and Yellowstone
#4
Front (Question)
How have the Hawaiian islands been formed?
Back (Answer)
Millions of years of volcanic eruptions.
#5
Front (Question)
How do hot spots relate to Hawaii’s volcanoes?
Back (Answer)
It is thought that a hotspot - a stationary plume of magma that rises from deep within the Earth - powers the volcanism on Hawaii.