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Q2 Earth’s oceanic crust is less than 180 million years old and about 20 km thick. The continental crust is 2 billion years old and 50 km thick. Use.

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1 Q2 Earth’s oceanic crust is less than 180 million years old and about 20 km thick. The continental crust is 2 billion years old and 50 km thick. Use what you know about sea floor spreading to explain why they are different.

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3 Plate Tectonics: We Didn't Start the Fire Either!

4 Mt St Helen

5 Dante’s peak

6 Today’s objective I understand how earthquakes are caused and transfer energy through the Earth. With this knowledge I am able to prepare for and minimize their damage.

7 All iron aligns in the same direction

8 All iron aligns in the same direction

9 Paleo magnetism: The reversal of the direction of the magnetic poles of Earth

10 Investigating Paleo magnetism
& the Ocean Floor


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