Title: The volcanoes and the big island (Hawaii)

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This local scaled map shows in yellow some of the volcanoes of the island of Hawaii
(Kohala, Mauna kea, Hualalai, Maunaloa, and Kilauea). The pattern is this: All 5
volcanoes (dormant or not) surround the Island of Hawaii (the big island).
So why are all five volcanoes located near the outskirts of the island? The Hawaiian
Islands are continuously formed from volcanic activity created by a hotspot
(undersea magma source). As the tectonic plates beneath much of the Pacific Ocean
moves to the northwest, the hot spot remains stationary, creating multiple shield
volcanoes (non explosive volcanoes with shield like appearance) throughout the
island of Hawaii. Over time the Island of Hawaii were formed which explains the
placement. To sum up, the volcanoes came first followed by the creation of the
island.

Title: Volcanic chains and the formation of the Hawaiian Islands

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This regional map shows a series of Hawaiian islands (Hawaii, Maui, Oahu,
Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Kauai and Niihau and Kaala). The pattern is this: All
islands create an imaginary line running from Northwest (where Niihau is located)
to the Southeast (where Hawaii is located).
So why are there a series of islands running from northwest to southeast?
The Hawaiian Islands are continuously formed from volcanic activity, which in tern
is created by the Hawaiian hotspot (undersea magma source). As the tectonic plates
beneath much of the Pacific Ocean moves to the northwest, the hot spot remains
stationary, slowly creating multiple volcanoes and in tern the small land masses of
the Hawaiian Islands create a chain of islands.

Title: The Pacific Rim and the ring of fire.

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This global scale map shows the view of the Pacific Rim and its volcanoes.
The pattern is this: There is a series of volcanoes along the edges the Pacific Ocean
or the large pacific plates called The ring of fire. So why are there multiple
volcanoes along the outskirts of the pacific plates (the ring of fire)? This is simple,
because plates are like giant rafts of earths surface colliding with one another and
sliding underneath other plates. The tremendous amounts of energy created by
these plates easily melt rock into magma, which then rises to the surface as lava,
forming volcanoes.

Screencast URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBiRtubomc