The Hawaiian Islands-Emperor Seamount Chain was formed:
A) at a subduction zone in the Pacific Ocean.
B) by magma from the upper mantle rising to the surface.
C) formed when the Pacific plate moved across a hotspot.
D) is associated with a trench.
E) parallels a Pacific Ocean subduction zone.

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The Hawaiian Islands-Emperor Seamount Chain was formed by a stationary hotspot in the Earth's mantle that the Pacific plate moved over, resulting in a linear chain of volcanoes and seamounts that gets progressively older as you move away from the active hotspot.

The Hawaiian Islands-Emperor Seamount Chain Was Formed