The most widely accepted explanation for chains of volcanoes in the oceans and lines of volcanoes on land is that they formed at ____.
A)divergent plate boundaries
B)normal faults
C)hot spots
D)convergent plate boundaries
E)transform faults

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Chains of volcanoes in the oceans and lines of volcanoes on land are believed to have formed at hot spots, which are areas of volcanic activity caused by a mantle plume rising up from deep within the Earth's interior.

The Most Widely Accepted Explanation for Chains of Volcanoes in the Oceans