If the following sentences made up a paragraph, which would be the thesis statement?
O A. What is expected is a token acknowledgment that the question
has been asked: "I'm doing well - thanks."
O B. The question "How are you?" does not usually require a long or
truthful answer.
O C. Every day, we ask polite questions, and we usually do not expect
much more than a polite response.
O D. Polite questions may seem unnecessary, but they actually
represent a kind of social bonding that has existed for as long as
language has been spoken.

Explanation: D

Polite questions may seem unnecessary, but they actually

represent a kind of social bonding that has existed for as long as

language has been spoken

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.

permafrost layer, it exists beneath a layer of soil, rock or sediment.