The area of the Earth that is most similar to the Sun's convection zone would be the mantle. The convection zone of the sun is its outermost layer where heat transfer by convection happens which is similar to the Earth's mantle. It would be the crust because it is the outer most layer.
Spring tides will occur during a full moon and an new moon. The sun and moon are on a certain angle causing these tides to be neap tides, they aren't high tide nor are they low tides so you would verbalize they are in between and that is why it is called neap tides as well.
B. I think is the correct answer