Multiple Choice
The Earth's interior heat engine works because hot buoyant material deep within the Earth _______ while cold denser material _______.
A) moves upward; moves downward
B) contracts and sinks; expands and rises
C) contracts and rises; expands and sinks
D) expand and sinks; contract and rises
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