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Slide 1Mesozoic Events The Piedmont: Newark Basin Slide 2 The Mesozoic Era Mesozoic Era = 251 to 65.5 million years ago. Name Mesozoic means "middle life" Mesozoic…

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Slide 1 Earth’s Moving Boundaries: shaping the planet the Slide 2 Earth’s Moving Plates Lithosphere  the solid part of the Earth Lithosphere  the solid part of…

Slide 1 Layers Defined by Composition 8.4 Earth’s Layered Structure  Earth’s interior consists of three major zones defined by their chemical composition—the crust,…

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