The Earth's interior heat engine works because hot buoyant material deep within the Earth ________ while cold denser material ________.

A. contracts and sinks; expands and rises
B. expands and sinks; contracts and rises
C. contracts and rises; expands and sinks
D. moves upward; moves downward


Answer: D

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