Olympus Mons is a shield volcano on the planet Mars located in Mars 'Western hemisphere. What makes Olympus Mons Volcano different from all volcanoes on Earth?

It is smaller than Earth's volcanoes

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It is hotter than Earth's volcanoes

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It is colder than Earth's volcanoes

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It is bigger than Earth's volcanoes

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The correct option is D It is bigger than Earth's volcanoes
Olympus Mons is a volcano on Mars. It is the tallest volcano, and mountain, in the solar system.
Olympus Mons is 25 km high and is three times taller than the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest.
The volcano is located in Mars's western hemisphere near the uplifted Tharsis bulge region.

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