HELP Earth’s mantle is

a.

a layer of molten metal.

b.

a layer of hot rock.

c.

a dense ball of solid metal.

d.

a layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin.

answer is c

explanation:

igneous rocks also form where plates converge. the subducting plate melts as it sinks into the crust of the earth, and the melt rises into the overriding plate forming volcanoes. metamorphic rocks are formed mainly in the lithosphere, wherever there is high pressure and high temperature. -woods