The relative-dating principle of ________ states that fragments included in a host rock are older than the host rock.
A. superposition
B. exclusion
C. intuition
D. inclusion
E. supposition
Answer: D
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A) Melting of rocks is incomplete with partial melts extracted as magma and solid residues left behind.
B) Upwelling flow in the earth's interior brings higher temperature rocks toward the surface and contributes to decompression melting.
C) The earth's lower mantle is entirely molten and heat from this zone produces partial melting in the upper mantle, which produces the diverse volcanic rocks we see at the earth's surface.
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