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Plate tectonics

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Convection currents sink because the material is ______ dense. (more or less)

more

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What creates the magnetic field of Earth?

Iron Core

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What is the boundary where plates slide into each other?

Convergent

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When oceanic crust is pushed under a continental plate, into the asthenosphere. ________ Zone

Subduction Zone

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When plates crash into each other, the one that is more ______ will be pushed underneath.

dense

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What is created when one oceanic plate crashes into a continental plate? You will find this on the ocean floor.

Trench

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A transform plate boundary creates earthquakes and _______ lines.

fault

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What are the two kinds of crust?

Oceanic and Continental

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What is created when two Continental Plates crash into each other?

Mountains

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What is created from Seafloor Spreading?

Mid Ocean Ridge

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What is the boundary where plates pill apart called?

Divergent

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The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found.

Fossil Record

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A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.

Index Fossil

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Where is the oldest layer of rock?

Bottom

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Where is the newest layer of rock?

Top

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Can we tell the exact age of a fossil from the rock surrounding it?

no, not the exact, only relative.

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