The hawaiian islands are not being formed at a plate boundary. they have been created by the passage of the pacific plate over a stationary “hot spot”. 1. on which existing hawaiian island would you expect to find active volcanism and the youngest rocks? 2. is there evidence that a new hawaiian island is being formed (currently a seamount)? what is it called? how tall is it, as measured from the ocean floor?

Which of the following is a way that advancements in technology improve humans' ability to measure air quality and protect human health?

Match your vocabulary word to its definition. 1. emigration 2. immigration 3. migration 4. overpopulation 5. sustainable development 6. under population 7. unsustainable development 8. urbanization the movement from one place to another the number of people exceeds the available natural resources in an area leaving one's homeland to settle in a new place the increase in the population of a city the movement of people to a new country the ability to meet current needs without reducing the ability to meet future needs resources being used up at a faster rate than they can be replenished birth rate insufficient to replace the existing population

American consumption has had which of the following effects on the environment?