Volcanoes can also be caused by _____ so called ‘hot spots’.

A. Ash
B. Gases
C. Mantle Plumes
D. None of these

Explanation:

Hot spot volcanoes occur far from plate boundaries. Because the hot spot is caused by mantle plumes that exist below the tectonic plates, as the plates move, the hot spot does not, and may create a chain of volcanoes on the Earth’s surface.