Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Our planet's extreme climate is one of the main reasons life exists on Earth BECAUSE rapid environmental changes can often result in the death of many life-forms

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.


D

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