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(Midwestern United States)
A. the accepted meaning of a term
Answer:
C would be the correct answer
Rural- relating to, or characteristic of the country side rather than the town. For a more simple definition it's basically people who live out in the country side. Example- She lives in a rural area.
1) heat from radioactive decay in the core of the Earth heard the mantle.
2) Plates move averagely only a few cm a year, this has been happening ever since the planet formed and cooled to give a thick crust so this movement has added up over many years to move plates far from where they started.
3) because the mantle is heated and is able to flow slowly, convection currents are set up which cause the plates on the crust to move.