The Galápagos Islands were created by volcanoes , not glaciers, windstorms, or monsoons.

Quick Scoop

  • The Galápagos are a chain of volcanic islands that rose from the Pacific Ocean as molten rock (magma) erupted through the seafloor and built up over millions of years.
  • This happens over a “hot spot,” where unusually hot magma from deep inside Earth keeps feeding repeated volcanic eruptions beneath the Nazca tectonic plate.
  • As the plate slowly moves, new volcanoes form and older islands drift away, which is why some Galápagos islands are geologically young while others are much older.

So, from the options given — glaciers, volcanoes, windstorms, monsoons — the correct natural process that created the Galápagos Islands is volcanoes.

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