Hotspots

Question 1

What are hotspots

Answer 1

Hotspots are small areas away from plate margins with an unusually high heat flow linked to volcanic activity

Question 2

What occurs at a hotspot

Answer 2

At a hotspot, a plume of magma rises from the asthenosphere. The magma pushes through the crust, forming volcanoes at the surface

Question 3

What happens at continental hotspots

Answer 3

As continental hotspots move they become extinct

Question 4

What happens at oceanic volcanoes

Answer 4

Where oceanic volcanoes move away from each other they cool and subside remaining as islands, or if under water they are oceans mounds.

Question 5

What is an example of oceanic hotspots

Answer 5

The Hawaiian islands, extending 2,400 km

Question 6

What is an example of continental hotspots

Answer 6

The Yellowstone is an example of a continental hotspot

Question 7

How are the volcanic eruptions in a hotspot and provide an example

Answer 7

Eruptions are ussually less violent but produce large quantities of lava. This makes them less hazardous but can cause damage and affect peoples live such as the eruption on Hawaiis Big Island in 2018