Question

The pacific plate is an oceanic tectonic plate. How did a hot spot and the pacific plate interact to form the hawaiian islands?

Answer 1

By Volcanoes.

Step-by-step explanation:

In areas where the plates come together, sometimes volcanoes will form. Volcanoes can also form in the middle of a plate, where magma rises upward until it erupts on the seafloor, at what is called a “hot spot.” The Hawaiian Islands were formed by such a hot spot occurring in the middle of the Pacific Plate.