Subduction and Hot Spot Volcanoes

California Content Standard:
Students know the explanation for the location and properties of volcanoes that are due to hot spots and the explanation for those that are due to subduction.
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Today's lesson is on the differences between volcanoes formed by Subduction and volcanoes formed by Hot Spots.

In a document, do the following:

1. Start by reviewing what subduction is. Write an explanation of what it is and find an image that illustrates it.

2. What kind of Earth structures are found around Subduction Zones?

3. What kinds of volcanoes are found near subduction zones? Composite or Shield volcanoes? Go here to find out.

4. Name some volcanoes formed at subduction zones and find a couple images of these volcanoes

5. Find out what Hot Spots are. Explain what they are and find an image that shows what a hotspot is.

6. Find the names of 3 hot spot volcanoes.

7. What kind of volcano is formed at hot spots?

8. Go to Google Earth and find Hawaii. Is it near a plate boundary? Take a picture of Hawaii and the islands that stretch out. What do these islands in a line all suggest about the Pacific Plate?

Put this document on the server in the Hot Spot folder