Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The movement of Earth's tectonic plates is not responsible for the recent observable climate changes BECAUSE climate changes triggered by shifting plates are extremely gradual and happen on a scale of millions of years.

a. The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
b. The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
c. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
d. The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
e. Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

A.) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.

Explanation: From geological and geographic studies, the earth witnesses continuous movement of plates, this drifting movement of plates is called the plate tectonics theory. The movement of plates is very slow and movement over millions of years. However, changes in climate occurs on a scale of a few years usually and as such cannot be responsible for the recent observable changes in the climate. If plate tectonics would be associated with changes in the climate, then the observed changes would take millions of years to occur, and as such no same generation will be able to witness a shift or change in one climate characteristic or type to another.

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