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Jay's geology

Jay's Earth movement questions

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How was the salt in salt domes deposited? sea water evaporated
How are folded mountains made? Earth's crust folds after a collision of continental plates
The change from feldspar to clay minerals is an example of what type of weathering? Chemical weathering
How is a sandbar created? When a river no longer has the speed to carry it's load of sand, the sand is deposited and accumulates into a sandbar.
What is the name given to unsorted glacial debris? till
What happens when two oceanic plates collide? One of the oceanic plates is forced beneath the other one and creates an ocean trench.
The density of an object compared to the dentisy of water is called what? specific gravity
What do we call the balance between the weight of a continent and the buoyant force of the mantle? isostasy
What are mountains bounded by faults called? block mountains
What is a vertical igneous intrusion called? a dike
What type of rock is deposited into a geosyncline? sedimentary rock
What type of rock is created when molten rock cools? igneous rock
Liquid or molten rock that reaches the surface of the earth's crust is called what? lava
Liquid or molten rock that stays below the surface of the Earth's crust is called what? magma
What are processes that break up rock? weathering
What are bends is a river crossing a lowland called? meanders
What is created when a meander is cut off and isolated from the rest of the river? an ox-bow lake
What kind of rock is gravel? conglomerate
Clay becomes what type of sedimentary rock? shale
Calcium carbonate becomes what tyme of sedimentary rock? Limestone
Angular rocks are found in what type of sedimentary rock? Breccia
Is granite metamorphic rock, sedimentary, or igneous rock? igneous
Is basalt metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous rock? igneous
What is a horizonal igneous intrusion called? sill
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