Columnar joints, like the ones shown in the photograph, are formed

A. when hot liquid igneous rock contracts.
B. when hot liquid igneous rock expands.
C. when hot but solid igneous rock expands.
D. when hot but solid igneous rock contracts.


Answer: D

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