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What can scientists learn from magnetic striping patterns? Select the three correct answers.(2 points) Responses the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast the exact location of the next earthquake along the California coast the direction plates are moving relative to each other the direction plates are moving relative to each other the location of ancient faults caused by seismic activity. the location of ancient faults caused by seismic activity. the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate the speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate the year the next magnetic reversal will take place the year the next magnetic reversal will take place the cause of magnetic pole reversals

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Scientists can learn the following from magnetic striping patterns:

  1. The direction plates are moving relative to each other.
  2. The speed of one plate as it subducts below another plate.
  3. The location of ancient faults caused by seismic activity.

These magnetic striping patterns, which are created as magma solidifies at mid-ocean ridges and records the Earth's magnetic field at the time of solidification, provide valuable information about tectonic activity and plate movement.