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What is the mechanical layer of Earth that has the most active convection currents

The Earth's core.

What makes up the asthenosphere

the mantel makes up the asthenosphere

Which side is day light

If you mean "which side of planet Earth", that changes all the time, as Earth rotates.

A fault generally occurs at a transform boundary

A strike-slip fault generally occurs at a transform boundary

What keeps the inner core in a solid state

high pressure

What causes the pressure that allows diamonds to form in the mantle

The weight of the rocks in the crust and upper mantle results in the pressure that allows diamonds to form.

Oceanic crust slides under continental crust during subduction because oceanic crust is

denser

How does earths solid inner core affect seismic waves

Seismic waves contain both P waves and S waves. P waves can travel through the Earth including the inner core while S waves could not pass through the core.

What is the upper section of the lithosphere

CRUST

Earths magnetic poles reverse approximately every years

250,000

What is the only item found on earth in three different phases of matter at standard pressure

Water is the only item found on earth in three different phases of matter at standard pressure.

Which of the following statements about racial groups in the US is true

Which of the following statements about racial groups in the U.S. is true?

What is the source of energy drives the movement of the lithosphere plates

Convection cells

Which of the following is true of permanent magnets

magnetic stuff...

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