You are hiking in the mountains and you come across a cliff in which a vein of igneous rock is

cutting across the layers of sedimentary rock in the area. The igneous rock is ___________ than
the sedimentary rock.
a. younger
b. older


A

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A) This statement is true; however, convection occurs in the pliable regions of Earth and causes earthquakes to move solid rock. B) This statement is false; convection occurs in all three states of matter. C) The statement is true; heat transfer occurs only by other methods in the solid rock regions of Earth. D) The statement is false; solid rock movement is possible at a slow rate.

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Newton hypothesized that Earth's gravity reaches to

A. apples on a tree. B. the Moon. C. both of these. D. none of the above.

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Which of the following rivers flows into Bangladesh?

A) Ghaghara B) Brahmaputra C) Indus D) Yamuna E) Kashmiri

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____________ ____________ are deposits of exposed sediment that form parallel to but separate from land. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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