Which Statement About the Hotspot at Hawaii Is FALSE

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the hotspot at Hawaii is FALSE?

• A) A hotspot at Hawaii explains the presence of active volcanoes far from a tectonic plate boundary.
• B) A hotspot is a localized zone of upwelling mantle rock located deep below the moving tectonic plate.
• C) The age of volcanic rock in the Hawaiian Islands gets progressively older to the west.
• D) Magnetic reversals are the primary cause for the hotspot at Hawaii.

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Definitions:

Specific Rotation

A measure of the amount a substance rotates the plane of polarized light, specific to its molecular structure and concentration.

Dextrorotatory

Describes a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise, as seen by an observer towards the light source.

Levorotatory

Describing a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left or counterclockwise.

Racemic Mixture

A mixture containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule, making it optically inactive.