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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 Relationship Between the Crust and Lithosphere?Earth & Space
What Causes the Pressure That Allows Diamonds to Form?Earth & Space
Is Porphyritic Texture Intrusive or Extrusive?Earth & Space
How Does Gabbro Form? From Magma to Rock Earth & Space
Why Do Only Active Margins Have Trenches?Earth & Space
What Is the Slowest Wave? A Look at Rayleigh Waves Earth & Space
Why Do Continents Generally Not Subduct?Earth & Space
Why Do Some Igneous Rocks Form Larger Crystals Than Others?Earth & Space
What Information Can Be Determined by Analyzing Seafloor Drill Cores?Earth & Space
What Are the 4 Types of Metamorphism?Earth & Space
What Type of Rock Is Ice? A Look at Glacial Geology Earth & Space
What Was the Atmosphere Like During the Hadean Eon?Earth & Space
Why Is Oceanic Crust Subducted Under Continental Crust?Earth & Space
What Are Plate Boundaries? A Simple Definition Earth & Space
What Layer Is the Oldest? The Law of Superposition Earth & Space
How Are Mantle Plumes and Hot Spots Related?Earth & Space
What Is the Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships?Earth & Space
What Is the Primary Problem in Assigning Numerical Dates to Rocks?Earth & Space
Why Don’t Scientists Know More About Earth’s Core?Earth & Space
Why Are Mountains Cold When They Are Closer to the Sun?Earth & Space
How Does Silver Form? From Stars to Ore Deposits Earth & Space
How Is Magma Generated at Divergent Boundaries?Earth & Space
What Happens to the Density of Rock as It Cools?Earth & Space
How Are Elastic Rebound and Elastic Deformation Different?Earth & Space
Why Was Early Earth So Hot?Earth & Space
Is the Lithosphere Solid? Explaining Its Physical State Earth & Space
What Does Crust Mean in Science?Earth & Space
How Does Magma Become Igneous Rock?Earth & Space
Is the Lower Mantle Solid or Liquid?Earth & Space
What Is the Evidence for Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space