Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Archipelago

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Plate Tectonics: The Hawaiian Archipelago

Url:

https://wisconsin.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys...

Publisher:

WGBH Educational Foundation

Description: Since the Hawaiian Islands were all created by volcanic activity, it is somewhat surprising that only the island of Hawaii now possesses any active volcanoes. Why did the volcanoes that built the other islands stop erupting and why are those on the big island still active? This video segment, adapted from a NOVA television broadcast, shows how plumes of hot material rise from the Earth's interior to create 'hot spots' in the crust which are the locations of volcanic activity. Movement of the Pacific Plate causes volcanic islands to continually form, migrate away from the hot spot, and become extinct, forming chains of islands like the Hawaiian Islands. The segment is four minutes thirty-seven seconds in length.

LC Classification:

Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Atlases -- By region or country -- America. Western Hemisphere -- North America -- United States -- The West -- Pacific and Mountain States. Far West -- Hawaii
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Plate tectonics
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Volcanoes and earthquakes
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Volcanoes and earthquakes -- Volcanoes. Volcanism

GEM Subject:

Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Geology -- Plate tectonics
Geology -- Volcanoes
Geography -- Volcanoes and volcanics

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Movie/Animation
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Video -- HTML5
Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)

Language:

English

Rights:

WGBH Educational Foundation

Access Rights:

Free access

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