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What is the bend in rock that forms where part of Earth's crust is compressed called?
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The bend in rock that forms where part of Earth's crust is compressed is generically called a "fold" or more specifically an "anticline", "syncline" or "nappe".
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What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
What forms in earths crust when molten material reaches the surface?
crystals form when lava reaches the surface and cools
What is the upper layer of the Earth including the crust?
The layer of the Earth which forms the tectonic plates is composed of the crust and uppermost mantle and is called the lithosphere.
What layer of the earth forms the earths plates?
Tectonic plates are floating on the magma (semi-molten rocks) of the mantle layer. Therefore, they form the crust layer of the Earth.
Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the?
The outer layer of the earth where the land masses are is called the crust
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
What forms valcanoes?
most volcanoes are formed from a hot spot in the earths crust.
What is the mineral forms?
one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earths crust
What are the earths plates made of?
parts of the crust and upper mantle
When fissures in the earths crust through which molten lava ash and gasses escape what forms?
New land
How does a trench forms?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
What forms in earths crust when molten material reaches the surface?
crystals form when lava reaches the surface and cools
What is the solid rock that makes up earths outermost layer?
The solid rock forms the Earth's crust on which we live.
Does the gem stone peridot come from the planet Mars?
No peridot is a mineral gemstone that forms naturally n in the Earths crust.
What do ingeous rocks form from?
a type of rock that forms when magma cools and hardens very slowly deep in earths crust...
Where do fine grained igneous rock form?
Well that will be intrusive igneous rocks, extrusive forms inside the earths crust
Does granite form on top of the crust?
No. Granite forms underground in the crust. If granitic magma reaches the surface and cools it forms a rock called rhyolite.
