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True, except that Yellowstone isn't likely a hotspot, it is most certainly a hotspot. Evidence of this can be found all along the Snake River valley in adjacent Idaho, in places where the hotspot used to be located as the North American continent drifted westward over it.

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Q: True or false Yellowstone is likely a hotspot since it isn't found on a plate boundary?
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