Multiple Choice
Which statement CORRECTLY describes the surface of Earth?
A) Individual, solid crustal plates are pushed around by Earth's rotation and the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun.
B) A thin, deformable crust allows the continents to slide over it.
C) Individual and separate solid crustal plates are pushed around by convective motion in the material of the underlying mantle.
D) A thick, solid crust keeps the continents and ocean floors in fixed positions with respect to one another.
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