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| the densest layer of the earth is... |
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| ocean crust is composed almost entirely of _____ rock. |
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| the Appalachian Mountains are... |
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| subduction takes place at... |
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| which landforms are found on the edges of ocean basins with active continental margins? |
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| mountain arcs and ocean trenches |
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| which type of boundary is found along the Pacific Plate? |
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| spreading boundaries, converging boundaries, and transform boundaries (all of them) |
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| which feature is located where the process of subduction is taking place? |
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| which mountain range was created by continental suture? |
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| the Red Sea was created by... |
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| the super-continent of Pangaea was intact how long ago? |
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| two large plates moving away from the mid_Atlantic Ridge are the ______ and the _____. |
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| South American plate/African plate |
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| the boundary between the eastern edge of the North American plate and the western edge of the Eurasian plate is a... |
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true/false
the 'moho' is the boundary surface between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere |
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true/false
folding in the earth's crust is caused by extension |
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true/false
the Rocky Mountains in western North America were created by arc-continent collision |
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true/false
the power source for lithosphere plate motion is solar energy |
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true/false
the continental lithosphere is thicker but lighter than the thin yet dense oceanic crust |
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true/false
most of the ocean floor is abyssal plain covered by fine sediment |
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true/false
rifting is associated with compression associated with folding |
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true/false
the earth's core is a dense mass of iron and nickel |
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true/false
the asthenosphere is a soft layer in the earth's crust |
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true/false
at spreading boundaries, new lithosphere is being formed by consumption |
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true/false
in subduction zones, the oceanic trench receives sediment entirely from the continental land mass |
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true/false
the lithosphere is the outermost shell including the crust and the outer portion of the mantle |
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true/false
continental shields are comprised entirely of metamorphic rock |
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