Read the passage. suddenly a clear rippling little sound broke out near her and she turned around. she was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree, and the robin had flown on to one of its branches and had burst out into a scrap of a song. ben weatherstaff laughed outright. "what did he do that for? " asked mary. "he's made up his mind to make friends with thee," replied ben. "dang me if he hasn't took a fancy to thee." "to me? " said mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly and looked up. which is the best evidence that mary is beginning to change? a) she was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree. b) she turned around. c) "what did he do that for? " asked mary. d) she moved toward the little tree softly.

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. which statement about this paragraph is accurate?