Judge the Following Sentence According to the Criteria Given Below

question 74

Multiple Choice

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below. Ground water acquires the temperature of the warmest rock that it passes through and then cools only slightly as it travels toward discharge at the surface because heat conducts from rock into water more readily than heat conducts from water into rock.

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

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