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Questions for Discussion: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker
- How do scientists explain why, if new crust is constantly being formed from volcanic materials, Earth's crust stays the same size?
- Why are continental volcanoes associated with oceanic-continental convergent boundaries?
- Why are the Appalachian Mountains not as high as the Himalayan Mountains even though they were formed in the same way?
- Why do scientists predict that Los Angeles will be north of San Francisco in 16 million years?
