An Introduction to Physical Science
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Chapter 21, Problem 2MC
The Moho boundary separates which two layers of Earth’s interior? (21.1)
- (a) oceanic and continental crust
- (b) upper and lower mantle
- (c) inner and outer core
- (d) crust and lithosphere
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