The correct answer should be the second option, B.
I do believe those are correct.
The earth's crust is the outermost layer of the planet. it is very thin and is just like the skin of an apple. the crust is about 3-5 miles thick and about 25 miles thick under the continents.
I think that its D but I didn't read the whole passage.
The lines in the excerpt from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne that are examples of metaphor are:
<span>"A good man's prayers are golden recompense!" rejoined old Roger Chillingworth, as he took his leave. "Yea, they are the current gold coin of the New Jerusalem, with the King's own mint mark on them!"</span>
