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The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity. How do the Hawaiian Islands differ from a volcanic arc?
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The Hawaiian Islands
are fixed, but
volcanic arcs can
move as tectonic plates slowly spread apart. The
Hawaiian Islands formed
over a hot spot; a
volcanic arc
forms when one lithospheric plate is subducted under another one.
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