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1 Hot Spots

2 Plate Tectonics Overview

3 Global Plate Boundaries
© 2011 Pearson Education, Ic.

4 Global Hotspot Locations

5 Hawaiian Island – Emperor Seamount Nematath

6 Hawaii’s Hot Spots Hot spot volcanism is unique because it does not occur at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, where all other volcanism occurs. Instead it occurs at abnormally hot centers called mantle plumes.

7 Yellowstone Hot Spot Super Volcano?!

8 Geological features assignment
To to google classroom The assignment should be completed in google slides and must include at least one image per slide. Answer all questions with lots of detail. Point form is fine. For a mark /10

9 Plate Tectonics Webquest 
Go to my website to access the Plate Tectonics Webquest. Go through the worksheet and answer all questions and complete all activities. You may work in pairs on this activity!


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