Which Statement About Starquakes Is CORRECT

question 349

Multiple Choice

Which statement about starquakes is CORRECT?

• A) Starquakes are the cause of glitches in pulsar signals.
• B) Starquakes are caused by stresses in the crusts of neutron stars that form close binary systems and exert tremendous forces on each other.
• C) Starquakes are caused by stresses in the crusts of magnetars due to their enormous magnetic fields.
• D) Starquakes cause rents in the crust of a neutron star and allow gamma rays and X-rays to escape from the interior, like the coronal holes in the Sun's atmosphere.

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