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Tectonic plates are pieces of the ________ that float on the more fluid ________ below.
 
  A) crust; lithosphere
  B) asthenosphere; lithosphere
  C) lithosphere; asthenosphere
  D) mantle; crust
  E) lithosphere; mesosphere

Question 2

Sediment that begins as rocks on continents or islands is called ________.
 
  A) lithogenous (terrigenous) sediment
  B) biogenous sediment
  C) hydrogenous sediment
  D) cosmogenous sediment


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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
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