Question

select the simile in the passage. if you could slice deep into the earth, you would find that it is arranged in layers. geologists—earth scientists—believe that the topmost layer of rock, or crust, is between four and forty miles thick. earths crust is like an eggshell broken into ten enormous slabs and numerous smaller ones. these slabs, called plates, float on a layer of partially molten rock called the mantle—that is, the layer of rock between earths crust and core. from albert marrin, black gold: the story of oil in our lives. copyright 2012 by albert marrin

Explanation:

A simile is a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two different things. In the given passage, the sentence "Earth's crust is like an eggshell broken into ten enormous slabs and numerous smaller ones" uses "like" to compare the Earth's crust to an eggshell, so this is the simile.

Answer:

Earth's crust is like an eggshell broken into ten enormous slabs and numerous smaller ones