Geology Questions
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What is the literal tracing that the seismograph does?
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer and inner core
What will happen when an oceanic crust collides with an oceanic?
What will happen when a continental crust collides with another continental?
What will happen when a continental crust collides with an oceanic?
What will happen when a continental crust slides past a continental?
What feature(s) will be formed when a continental crust moves away from a continental?
Large crystals in a matrix of smaller grains
Made of ash, glass, and fragmental rock particles
If a rock has equal amounts of light and dark crystals, what can you conclude about its composition
Crystals too small to be seen with the naked eye
If a rock has large visible crystals, what can you conclude about its cooling history
Explain what could Crete holes or vesicles on the surface of an igneous rock
Large, wide mountain with shallowly-sloping sides and a low profile that forms from highly fluid lava
What type of magma is found at a subduction zone
where is the source of heat that drives the currents LOCATED
A steep sided cone-shaped mountain built up by layers of lava and pyroclastics
What happens when the magma viscosity and gas content increases
what is the source of heat driving the currents
A large depression that forms when a volcano erupts violently and collapse