What is the process of continents slowly moving due to convection called?
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Continental Drift
2.
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How are volcanoes formed?
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Magma pushes up through Earth's crust.
3.
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What does the Ring of Fire refer to?
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The volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
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In what type of rock are fossils most commonly found?
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Sedimentary rock.
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Where is new plate material forming?
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At the boundary where the two plates are pulling apart.
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What is the Earth's outer layer called?
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The Crust.
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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?
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The Mantle.
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