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natalie2426

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Explain how we can estimate the geological age of a planetary surface from its number of impact craters.
 
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Describe several features on the Earth's crust explained by plate tectonics.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Even though impacts still occur today, the vast majority of craters formed during the bombardment period that ended around 3.8 billion years ago. A surface region that is still saturated with craters must have remained essentially undisturbed for the last 3.8 billion years. In contrast, a surface region that has few craters indicates that the original craters must have been somehow erased since then.

Answer to Question 2

Mountain ranges, volcanic mountain chains, mid-ocean rifts, oceanic trenches, faults, earthquakes, and plate motion.



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