Hawaiian Islands

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hawaiian-islands

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What are the Hawaiian Islands made of?They are the tops of huge underwater mountains created by volcanoes.
2. How far are the Hawaiian Islands from the nearest continent?About 1,860 miles away, like flying across the U.S. many times.

Archipelago: A group of islands clustered together in a large body of water.
Volcanic Hotspot: An area where magma from deep within the Earth rises to the surface, creating volcanoes as tectonic plates move over it.
Atoll: A ring-shaped coral island or a series of islets surrounding a lagoon.
Polynesia: A subregion of Oceania made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.