Multiple Choice
Oceanic lithosphere
A) Is made of alternating bands of rocks of different compositions.
B) Is made of alternating bands of rocks of two different ages.
C) Records magnetic "stripes" of normally and reversely magnetized rocks.
D) Moves gradually toward the midocean ridges, where it is consumed.
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