Which of the Following Characterizes a Shield Volcano

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following characterizes a shield volcano?

• A)It is dormant.
• B)It can erupt only briefly before being dragged off the hot spot.
• C)It sits above a hot spot in the planet's mantle.
• D)It forms along a plate boundary.
• E)It cannot grow very large, for it has a very short span of eruption.

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