HOT SPOT

WHAT IS HOT SPOT?

MOTION

• When rock from the mantle melts.
• It moves to the surface through the crust.
• Releases pent-up gases.

HOW DOES HOTSPOT HAPPEN?

• The earth's mantle which heat rises through the process of convection.
• the melting of the rock at the base of the lithosphere.
• where the brittle, upper portion of the mantle meets the Earth’s crust.
• Then the melted rock, known as magma, often pushes through cracks in the crust to form volcanoes.

WHERE ARE SOME HOTSPOT'S LOCATED?

WHERE IS HAWAII AND YELLOWSTONE LOCATED

• Yellowstone is located at a national park, in Wyoming.
• Hawaii is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

This is where Yellowstone is located on a map

This is where Hawaii is located on a map.

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