Multiple Choice
Why do hot spots form a trail of extinct volcanoes over time?
A) The mantle plume moves with Earth's rotation.
B) The tectonic plates that contain the volcanoes move over time.
C) The heat and debris from the eruptions are enough to form nearby islands.
D) The mantle-plume hypothesis assumes the hot plumes are wedge-shaped.
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