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How can mountains form as a result of magma hardening beneath earth's surface?
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∙ 10y ago
Fold mountains are created by uplift and folding of tectonic plates as they move towards each other and collide. This is known as a compressional plate margin. An example is the Andes Mountain range in South America(Nazca Plate colliding with the South American Plate).
Mountain ranges can also be formed from volcanoes and the eruption of lava. The mid-ocean ridge system forms the longest continuous mountain range on the planet. The ridges are formed of newly created buoyant crust which gradually sinks as it cools and becomes more dense while moving away from the divergent plate boundary.
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∙ 14y ago
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What structures are formed from the cooling and hardening of magma beneaths earths surface?
Plutons
What is the intense heat beneath earths surface can be a source of?
radiation & gravity
What is a igneous rock that forms when magma solidifies beneath the earths surface?
Obsidian
When magma from beneath the Earths surface erupts as a volcano what happens?
which are the following?
The shaking that results from he movement of rock beneath earths surface?
It is an Earth quake
What structures are formed from the cooling and hardening of magma beneaths earths surface?
Plutons
What lies directly beneath the earths surface?
crust
What is it called when magma hardens beneath the earths surface?
crust
What is a molten rock beneath earths surface called?
magma
What molten material is beneath earths surface?
it is called magma.
What do we call the point beneath earths surface where the earthquake originates?
The point beneath the earth's surface where an earthquake originates is called the hypocenter.
What happens when rocks beneath earth surface undergo stress?
what happens when rocks beneath earths surface under goes trees
What is the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earths surface?
Earthquakes!!!!
What is the term for fresh water beneath the earths surface?
Well water
What is molten material beneath earths surface called?
it is called magma.
What happens as magma from beneath the earths surface erupts as a volcano?
which are the following?
What is the intense heat beneath earths surface can be a source of?
radiation & gravity
