When experts talk about bonding, they're referring to the intense attachment you develop with your baby. It's the feeling that makes you want to shower him with love and affection, or throw yourself in front of a speeding truck to protect him.
Vents and Volcanoes. Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located underwater, along the aptly named Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean. Volcanoes and hydrothermal vents are the result of plate tectonics.
This drawing, from Thurmanâs Introduction to Oceanography, illustrates how the Hawaiian chain formed as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the hotspot. A hotspot is theorized to form as one of Earth's outer tectonic plates moves over an unusually hot part of the Earth's mantle and large amounts of magma rise up, piercing through the plates and producing large volcanic eruptions at the Earthâs surface.