Multiple Choice
When plutons begin to form and crystallize to form minerals, fluids emanating from them follow cracks and crevasses in adjacent rocks where ____.
A) mineral resources such as copper may form
B) they escape from the atmosphere and cause air pollution
C) they form volcanic lakes
D) geologists are able to accurately measure underground temperature
E) they rupture Earth's surface and form faults
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