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These moraines are ridges of rock debris formed along the sides of a moving glacier

Lateral moraines are ridges of rock debris formed along the sides of a moving glacier.

Material that is about 180 million years old has been found in this layer of the crust

oceanic crust

An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would be

An earthquake that was rated 3 on the Richter scale would be

ignored

This forms when magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers of rock

When magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers across, igneous rocks called dikes are formed. Dikes are one form of plutons.

This is also known as a destructive boundary

convergent

Gravity causes materials to pile up in mounds called what

Talus

These are large flat areas of land in Africa

savannahs

These waves cause side to side movement

s

These are elevated landforms that are flat rather than peaked

plateaus

This kind of mountain has weathered and rounded peaks and gentle slopes

mature

This type of magma is thick moves slowly and does not flow well

felsic

What happens to wood after minerals replace the wood fibers

Petrification.

This is the second era in geologic time

Paleozoic

This kind of action causes thinning plates

tension

Bending and breaking occurs when this happens

shearing

Choose the category that best fits the example river

moving surface water

What is current era today

The current era today is Cenozoic

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