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Cards in this guide (12)
What is it called when snow and ice come crashing down a slope

avalanche

What conditions make for a violent volcanic eruption

Magma with high silica content

Minerals that contain the elements silicon and oxygen are called

These are the building blocks of silicates.

What makes up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust

Silicates make up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust

Which describes the solid flying debris from a volcano

Tephra

A volcano that appears to be a large sunken depression is a

A caldera is the name for a large sunken depression on a volcano.

After an earthquake which type of seismic wave arrives second at a seismometer

S waves arrive second after an earthquake.

Which is a good example of a shield volcano

Mauna Loa

Which process relies most on gravity

Mass wasting

Put these eruption types in order from most destructive to least to destructive

When eruption types are arranged from most destructive to least, it is in descending order.

Which is required for karst topography to form

Limestone

Where would soil erode the fastest

On a steep slope

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