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Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

What Is the Difference Between Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism?
What Evidence Supports the Theory of Seafloor Spreading?
Why Do Magmas Rise Toward Earth’s Surface?
The Great Oxidation Event: How Oxygen Changed Early Earth
Is Pumice a Felsic or Mafic Rock?
What Evidence Supports the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
Is the Earth’s Core Cooling? Scientific Evidence Explained
What Is Deep Time? Explaining Earth’s Vast Geological Scale
What Is Paleomagnetism and How Does It Work?
What Happens When Magma Cools During the Rock Cycle?
What Is a Slab Pull and How Does It Drive Plate Tectonics?
What Is the Asthenosphere and Why Is It Important?
How Were the Earth’s Layers Formed?
How Does Convection Cause Tectonic Plates to Move?
What Are Thrombolites and Why Are They Important?
What Is a Metamorphic Aureole and How Does It Form?
How Does Sedimentary Rock Form Into Metamorphic?
What Was the Oxygen Level During the Dinosaurs?
What Is a Mantle Plume and How Does It Form?
Why Is the Oceanic Crust Easily Broken Through?
What Are Grains in Rocks and How Do They Form?
What Is Subduction? Process, Effects, and Zones
Why Is It Hard to See Glacial Erosion in Action?
How Does a Trench Form at a Convergent Boundary?
How Hot Is the Lithosphere? Temperature With Depth
Why Can Diamonds Form in the Mantle?
What Is a Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock?
How Does Schistosity Develop in a Metamorphic Rock?
What Does Mafic Mean in Geology?
What Is the Relationship Between the Crust and Lithosphere?