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The inner core and the outer core are made from these two elements |
Iron Nickel |
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This layer of the Earth is the hottest |
Inner core |
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All life live on or above the this layer of the Earth |
Crust |
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Fragments of rocks from the mantle buried withen other rocks are called |
Xenoliths |
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What are divergent bounderies |
Divergent bounderies occur where two or more plates move away from each other. Magma rises between the plates, eventually cooling and forming new crust. Ridges are form by divergent bounderies |
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What are convergent bounderies (different plates) |
The oceanic platenwill get subducted under the continental plate, eventually it will melt and get destroyed in the mantle |
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What are Convergent boundrries (same plate) |
As the plates meet they get slowly destroyed. Trenches formvfrom convergent boundaries |
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Can crust be created or destroyed |
Crust isnt created or destroyed of transformed by boundaries. The playes move past each other. If they get caught they may cause an earthquake |
