Question

As heat flows from the center of the earth into the mantle, it exerts pressure on the earth's crust. That pressure squeezes the earth's surface and bends rock, which results in a

A. fold.
B. volcano.
C. fault.
D. mountain.

Answer 1

That pressure squeezes the earth's surface and bends rock, which results in a "mountain," since the pressure makes it so the rocks in question have nowhere to go but "up".