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1. The movement of tectonic plates is due to ????? currents.
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2. Index fossils are useful to geologists because they tell the ????? age of the rock layers in which they occur.
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1. The movement of tectonic plates is due to ????? currents.
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2. Index fossils are useful to geologists because they tell the ????? age of the rock layers in which they occur.
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3. It is TRUE about Earth’s plates that they are made of melted rock that ??? be seen where the plates are not covered by soil, loose rocks, or water.
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3. .4. If an igneous rock cuts across a sedimentary rock, we know that the igneous rock is ???? than the sedimentary rock.
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6. As the plates pull apart, ??? plate material immediately forms between them, so there is no empty space.
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7. The layer directly beneath Earth’s plates move very slowly, and it move in different directions in ???? places.
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8. Water can gradually wear away solid rock of valleys ????? thousands of feet over millions of year.
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9. Scientists can tell when the reversal of magnetic fields have occurred by measuring the ????? between the mid-oceanic ridge and the ocean floor band.
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10. It is true about the Earth’s plates that they are made of ???? rock and can be seen where the plates are not covered by soil, loose rocks, or water.
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11. If a planet has a liquid core, the “S” waves would ???be able to pass through the core.
