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What causes Hawaii to have volcanoes?

What causes Hawaii to have volcanoes?
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What causes Hawaii to have volcanoes?

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hot spots in the mantle

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Hawaii has volcanoes due to plate tectonics. Because of Hawaii's position on the Pacific Plate, it is extremely close to the Earth's mantle and the plate slides over the hotspot.
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