A hot spot is an area where material from deep within the mantle rises and melts through the crust above it.

The correct answer to the following question is "TRUE".

Explanation:

Hot spots become areas within the mantle of the planet whereby unusually warmer stones melt to form magma which grows through all the surface as well as melt through as well. This seems to be a region where even the water rises through deeper inside the earth as well as warms thru the surface just above, this occurs in locations that are more or less near and nothing like the boundary of the plate.

So that the given is the correct statement.