Large circulation patterns in the Sun, dubbed "Conveyor Belts," that transport material fromthe equator to the poles, then back to the equator at a depth of 300,000 km, take how long tocomplete a cycle?
A) less than a day
B) a few years
C) a few decades
D) a few centuries
E) tens of millions of years, comparable to the convection cycle in Earth's mantle
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