The Hawaiian Islands are located where the Pacific plate is . A. being thrust under Japan B. moving over a hot spot or mantle plume C. being thrust over the North American plate D. being subducted beneath the North American plate E. being subducted beneath Japan

moving over a hot spot or mantle plume.

Explanation: The Hawaiian Islands are a group of eight major islands in the Pacific Ocean, almost all of which is part of the US state of Hawaii.

This chain of islands, or developed as the Pacific Plate SLOWLY MOVED NORTHWESTWARD OVER A HOTSPOT in the Earth's mantle at a rate of approximately 51 km per million years.

The Hawaiian Islands are only part of the U.S. politically and not geographically connected to North America.

d. stage 4

explanation:

the existence of some kind of demographic transition is widely accepted in the social sciences because of the well-established historical correlation linking dropping fertility to social and economic development.[1] scholars debate whether industrialization and higher incomes lead to lower population, or whether lower populations lead to industrialization and higher incomes. scholars also debate to what extent various proposed and sometimes inter-related factors such as higher per capita income,lower mortality, old-age security, and rise of demand for human capital are involved.[2]

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