Question

Volcanoes sometimes for hotspots far away from tectonic plate boundaries. Examples include Hawaiian islands and Yellowstone caldera in North America these hotspots form where
A.) where all the travels thousands of kilometer from the nearest plate boundary
B.) where an isolated body of magnet moves downward into the earth interior
C.) an isolated body of magma rises up towards earth surface
D.) where ash settles from volcanoes erupting at the nearest plate boundary

Answer 1

Hotspots form where **C.) an isolated body of magma rises up towards the Earth's surface**. This process occurs independently of tectonic plate boundaries and can create volcanic activity in locations such as the Hawaiian Islands and the Yellowstone Caldera.