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The Major Processes That Heat the Interiors of the Terrestrial

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The major processes that heat the interiors of the terrestrial worlds are


A) (1) Heat deposited as the planets were built from planetesimals;(2) heat of accretion;(3) heat that came from the gravitational potential energy of incoming planetesimals.
B) (1) Heat of accretion;(2) heat from convection;(3) heat from thermal radiation.
C) (1) Heat deposited as the planets were built from planetesimals;(2) heat deposited as the planets underwent differentiation;(3) heat released by radioactive decay.
D) (1) Volcanism;(2) tectonics;(3) erosion.

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