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The most common mineral group contains minerals

Silicates are the most common mineral group.

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary structure Ripple marks Magma emplacement Mud cracks or Cross beds

Magma emplacements or Batholith are not sedimentary structures.

If a rock has bands of light and dark layers it is

It could be foliated metamorphic rock or sedimentary rock, depending on its mineral makeup and method of formation.

In addition to plate tectonics what is the other main driving force of the rock cycle

Water flow

Once rock reaches a depth of about it may melt

50 km

What type of rocks form when magma cools below earths surface

Intrusive igneous rocks

Uplift replaces rocks on Earth's surface lost to the process of what

Uplift replaces rocks on Earth's surface lost the process of erosion.

The geothermal is about 25C for every 1km of depth below Earths surface

gradient

What kind of igneous rock form on or near the earths surface

through volcanoes, lava comes out and when it cools it turns into igneous rock.

Which of the following is not a metamorphic agent

Force of Hurricane winds

Glacial meltwater

Sediment composition in a clastic rock is determined by all of the following EXCEPT
All of the following are ways sedimentary form except

Lava cooling

What Match each term to its best definition

Bababoi

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