Related words. 1  poke noun. 2  poke around phrasal verb. 3  poke fun (at) phrase.  a pig in a poke 1  phrase. poke a hole in something phrase.  poke/shove/stick your nose into something 1  phrase. poke about phrasal verb at poke around.  poke fun at phrase at make fun of.
  Volcanic arcs form at plate subduction zones. Island arcs are volcanic islands that form over hot spots in the Earth's mantle. Because the islands are moving with the â¦ oceanic plate, they eventually are removed from the hot spot, forming a chain of islands in the direction of the plate movement.Answered.olcanic arc along continental boundaries. Example would be the ring of fire which surrounds the pacific ocean along continental plates.
A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape as seen from above. Offshore volcanoes form islands, resulting in a volcanic island arc.Generally they result from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate, and often parallel an oceanic trench.olcanic arcs do not generally exhibit such a simple age pattern. There are two types of volcanic arcs: 1  oceanic arcs form when oceanic crust subducts beneath other oceanic crust on an adjacent plate, creating a volcanic island arc. (Not all island arcs are volcanic island arcs.).