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If you want to melt a rock, even partially, there are three methods you can employ. Which of the following is not a way that melting is triggered in rocks in the Earth?

a. adding water
b. adding heat
c. releasing pressure
d. removing water

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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

There are three basic ways that rocks melt to form the lavas that erupt from volcanoes: decompression, addition of volatiles, and conduction.

but the question asked "which of the following is NOT a way"

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