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The Hawaiian islands have been formed by ________. Group of answer choices subduction of the Pacific plate an upward-erupting plume of material from the mantle magma rising from a spreading center a process not yet understood by science

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The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a volcanic hot spot, an upwelling plume of magma, that creates new islands as the Pacific Plate moves over it.

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