In stage 1 the two rates are balanced. In stage 2 they diverge , as the death rate falls relative to the birth rate. In stage 3 they converge again, as the birth rate falls relative to the death rate. Finally in stage 4 the death and birth rates are balanced again but at a much lower level.
The correct answer is - intraplate volcanism.
The Hawaiian Islands are volcanic islands, thus islands that have been created by volcanic activity. Unlike most of the volcanic islands, or most of the volcanoes, they are not related to any type of volcanism asociated with plate boundary. These islands are in fact associated with intraplate volcanism.
The intraplate volcanism, unlike the other volcanisms, appears inside the plate, not on the boundary of it. The other, more common name, used for this volcanism is hot spot volcanism. This type of volcanic activity appears on places where there's a hot spot, so even though the plate is on top of it, it manages to penetrate through it, and create volcanoes on the surface.
The human settlements hierarchy is as follows:
- An ecumenopolis is a theoretical construction in which the entire area of Earth that is taken by human settlements, or at least, that those are linked so that to create an urban areas so big that they can shape an urban continuum through thousands of kilometers.
- A megalopolis is a group of conurbations, consisting of more than ten million people each.
- A conurbation is a group of large cities and their suburbs, consisting of three to ten million people.
- A metropolis is a large city with it's suburbs, consisting of multiple cities and towns.
- A large city is a city with a large population and many services.
- A city has many services, but not as many as the large city.
- A large town is a town with population of 20,000 to 100,000 people.
- A town has a population of 1,000 to 20,000 people.
- A village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town.
- A hamlet has a very small population, very few services, and only few buildings.
- An isolated dwelling has only 1-2 buildings.
Their change in position is caused by the movements of the tectonic plates.
