Which tectonic plate setting is associated with the following features: volcanic eruptions; magma rises from deep in the mantle; can produce a chain of extinct volcanoes with increasing distance from the active volcano? Yellowstone National Park and Hawaiian islands are geographic examples.
A) divergent plate boundary
B) convergent plate boundary (subduction zone)
C) convergent plate boundary (collision zone)
D) transform plate boundary
E) hotspot

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The features mentioned in the question, such as volcanic eruptions and magma rising from deep in the mantle, are associated with a hotspot. Hotspots are not located at plate boundaries but rather occur in the middle of a tectonic plate. Yellowstone National Park and the Hawaiian islands are examples of hotspots where a chain of extinct volcanoes can be seen with increasing distance from the active volcano.

Which Tectonic Plate Setting Is Associated with the Following Features