The Hawaiian Islands are an example of
A) two ocean plates converging.
B) two continental plates converging.
C) diverging plates.
D) hotspots.
E) transform fault boundary.

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The Hawaiian Islands are formed from a hotspot, which is an area of volcanic activity caused by a plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth's interior. As the Pacific plate moves over the hotspot, a chain of volcanic islands is created. Therefore, the correct answer is D) hotspots.

The Hawaiian Islands Are an Example of