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 crust or 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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