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The layer of the earth where mantle convection occurs and on which the earth's crust rests is the
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Weegy: They are powered by forces originating in Earth?s radioactive, solid iron inner core. They move in different directions atop a layer of much hotter, softer, more malleable rock called the athenosphere
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The asthenosphere is the layer of the Earth where mantle convection occurs and on which the Earth's crust rests.
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When two oceanic plates collide, it creates a subduction zone.
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The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge is an example of a divergent plate boundary.

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