Hot spot — Science definition
An area of unusually intense volcanic activity above a rising plume of hot mantle rock, active even in the middle of a plate, far from any boundary.
Where it is taught
- Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Earth’s Interior & Plate Tectonics, Earth & Space Science, Grade 9
In use
A candle burning through paper is only a rough position analogy; it does not represent the actual melting process or require every hot spot to stay perfectly fixed.
Earthquakes & Volcanoes