1.19 - Too hot to handle like lauren

Question 1

How many metres a year does the North American plate move at?

Answer 1

17

Question 2

What is the Yellowstone Caldera?

Answer 2

A super volcano that was created 640,000 years ago

Question 3

What is prominent in the Yellowstone Caldera?

Answer 3

Huge river valley features and geothermal activity

Question 4

What is an Archipelago?

Answer 4

Many islands, like the Hawaiian Islands

Question 5

How many major Hawaiian islands are there?

Answer 5

8

Question 6

What rate are the islands moving at?

Answer 6

32 miles every million years

Question 7

What part of Hawaii is most active?

Answer 7

South East

Question 8

What are some examples of the Canary Islands?

Answer 8

Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote

Question 9

Why are there many landslides on the Canary Islands?

Answer 9

Steep ocean cliffs

Question 10

What is the most active volcano on the Grand Canary Islands?

Answer 10

El Hierro

Question 11

What is happening 1km south of the Canary Islands?

Answer 11

A fissure - possible new island

Question 12

What is a thermal plume?

Answer 12

• thermal plumes occur at areas of mantle where heat rises

- the high heat / lower pressure at the base of the lithosphere melts the rock

Question 13

How are active volcanoes formed?

Answer 13

Volcanoes are formed and move away because tectonic plates move over the hotspot, which reminds stationary

Question 14

Where are thermal plumes found?

Answer 14

• 40/50 around the world
• Oceanic - Hawaiian islands
• Continental - Yellowstone