Question 8 • WV-Earth and Space Science A-CR
At a converging oceanic plate boundary, one plate can subduct beneath another, creating a chain of volcanic islands called an island arc. Many such boundaries are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. A hot spot forms above a relatively stationary mantle plume and is not a feature of converging plate boundaries, so the answer is “a hot spot.”
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