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A mantle hot spot has generated a long-lived plume beneath Yellowstone National Park,and the North American continent is drifting ___________ above it about 2 to 4 cm/yr.


A) southeastward
B) northeastward
C) southwestward
D) northwestward
E) in random directions

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