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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 Makes the Lithosphere Different From the Asthenosphere?Earth & Space
How Can Sedimentary Rock Show Earth’s History?Earth & Space
What Do Holes in Igneous Rocks Indicate About Cooling?Earth & Space
How Did Scientists Discover the Layers of the Earth?Earth & Space
How Is Asbestos Formed in the Earth?Earth & Space
What Produces Plunging Folds in Geology?Earth & Space
Why Do Tectonic Plates Move in Different Directions?Earth & Space
Where Do Igneous Rocks With a Fine-Grained (Aphanitic) Texture Form?Earth & Space
Why Are Metamorphic Rocks Formed Near Plate Boundaries?Earth & Space
How Seafloor Sediment Reveals Earth’s Climate History Earth & Space
What Do Mud Cracks and Ripple Marks Indicate About the Geologic Past?Earth & Space
What Did Hutton and Lyell Conclude About Earth’s History?Earth & Space
What Is a Batholith and How Is One Formed?Earth & Space
What Causes the P-Wave Shadow Zone?Earth & Space
What Is the Difference Between Brittle and Ductile Deformation?Earth & Space
What Does a Higher Percentage of Daughter Isotopes Mean?Earth & Space
What Causes Bedrock to Weather at Different Rates?Earth & Space
What Does Stratigraphy Mean in Geology?Earth & Space
Does Sunlight Cause Erosion or Just Weathering?Earth & Space
What Is the Gutenberg Discontinuity?Earth & Space
What Features Form When Rocks Bend?Earth & Space
What Is the Mohorovičić Discontinuity?Earth & Space
How Did Continental Rifting Break Up Pangaea?Earth & Space
Why Do Metamorphic Rocks Form at Subduction Zones?Earth & Space
What Are Supercontinents and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
What Is Gravity’s Role in Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space
How Is Density Related to the Layers of the Earth?Earth & Space
What Happened to Create an Unconformity?Earth & Space
What Is the Difference Between a Dike and a Sill?Earth & Space
What Evidence Did Alfred Wegener Use for Continental Drift?Earth & Space