Suppose you were to read about a scientific statement based on data from hundreds of years of research and observation that applies to a broad set of naturally occurring events. Would you consider it a hypothesis or a theory? a) hypothesis b) theory c) both d) neither

Rocks, as they are compressed, begin forming mountains above the earth's surface when two continental plates converge. the continental crust increases in depth as the mountains grow above. the himalayan mountains formed at a convergent plate boundary in this manner. the rocks are smashed together causing them to due to the intense heat and pressure from the colliding plates and eventually forming rock. a) melt; igneous b) layer; sedimentary c) recrystallize; metamorphic d) melt into the earth's interior; metamorphic