Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below. Plate tectonic works because lithosphere is less dense than asthenosphere at divergent boundaries and more dense than asthenosphere at convergent boundaries

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


Answer: C

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