Multiple Choice
Basalt is material that ____.
A) forms most of the material of continental plates
B) is created when rhyolite is subjected to high temperatures
C) is created when serpentine reacts with seawater
D) comes from the mantle relatively unchanged
E) is created only at places where an oceanic plate subducts into the mantle
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