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At divergent plate boundaries in the ocean magma rises and melts because of what
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Because of a decrease in pressure.

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What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments
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Cinder Cones

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The daughter isotope is 87.5 percent if the half-life of the isotope is 150 million years how old is the sample
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a sample is brought to the laboratory and the chemist determines the percentage of the daughter isotope is 87.5%. if the half-life of the isotope is 150 million years, how old is the sample?

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How do scientists classify intrusive igneous features
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according to shape, size, and their relationship to surrounding layers of rock

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The thickest part of the crust occurs in what
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Youngest mountain ranges

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The collision and joining of crustal fragments to a continent
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mamga <-Lies get out.

Accretion is the correct awnser.

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What is a lens-shaped intrusive igneous mass that forms close to Earth's surface
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I believe it's laccolith - NovaNet

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What is a sheet like body that cuts across rock layers and is produced when magma is injected into a fraction is called
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A dike I got it right on a test

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If additional weight is added to a piece of crust how will the crust respond
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By Sinking

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If a mass of granite is in contact with a layer of sandstone that contains small pieces of the granite which rock is older
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granite

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Ocean convergence produces what
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Ocean convergence with continental plates result in subduction zone. Oceanic with oceanic plates convergence forms volcanic mountain.

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A caldera is a depression in a volcanic mountain A caldera may form when
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The mountain collapses into an emptied magma chamber

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A downwarped structure with a circular shape is a
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basin

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Which factors help determine whether a volcanic eruption will be explosive or relatively quiet
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The volatile content of the magma.

Weather water or Ice has ingres to the volcanic vent.

The physical stability of the volcano.

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An accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called
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accretionary wedge

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Which is not a form of rock deformation
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ductile deformation

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What is a hot plume of mantle material which may extend to the core mantle boundary produces a
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A hot plume of mantle material, which may extend to extend to the core-mantle boundary, produces a(n) a volcanic region a few hundred kilometers across

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At divergent plate boundaries in the ocean magma rises and melts because of what

Because of a decrease in pressure.

What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments

Cinder Cones

The daughter isotope is 87.5 percent if the half-life of the isotope is 150 million years how old is the sample

a sample is brought to the laboratory and the chemist determines the percentage of the daughter isotope is 87.5%. if the half-life of the isotope is 150 million years, how old is the sample?

How do scientists classify intrusive igneous features

according to shape, size, and their relationship to surrounding layers of rock

The thickest part of the crust occurs in what

Youngest mountain ranges

The collision and joining of crustal fragments to a continent

mamga <-Lies get out.

Accretion is the correct awnser.

What is a lens-shaped intrusive igneous mass that forms close to Earth's surface

I believe it's laccolith - NovaNet

What is a sheet like body that cuts across rock layers and is produced when magma is injected into a fraction is called

A dike I got it right on a test

If additional weight is added to a piece of crust how will the crust respond

By Sinking

If a mass of granite is in contact with a layer of sandstone that contains small pieces of the granite which rock is older

granite

Ocean convergence produces what

Ocean convergence with continental plates result in subduction zone. Oceanic with oceanic plates convergence forms volcanic mountain.

A caldera is a depression in a volcanic mountain A caldera may form when

The mountain collapses into an emptied magma chamber

A downwarped structure with a circular shape is a

basin

Which factors help determine whether a volcanic eruption will be explosive or relatively quiet

The volatile content of the magma.

Weather water or Ice has ingres to the volcanic vent.

The physical stability of the volcano.

An accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called

accretionary wedge

Which is not a form of rock deformation

ductile deformation

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