Hot spots have helped define the outlines of the continents by

A. "welding" continents together due to rising magma bodies and eruptions of lava.
B. melting the edges of continents away to form indentions along the coast.
C. shaping the boundaries along which continents separate, due to location of the rift arms.


Answer: C

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