In Which Part of the Earth's Layers Would a Geologist

question 31

Short Answer

In which part of the Earth's layers would a geologist expect to find predominantly peridotite which is a rock that is denser than the basalt and granite of the crust?

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Definitions:

Bolus

A small rounded mass of substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.

Chyme

The semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that moves from the stomach to the small intestine.

Anabolism

The constructive part of metabolism concerned with the building up of complex molecules from simpler ones.

Catabolism

The breakdown of complex molecules within an organism to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy; destructive metabolism.