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Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep

Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep. SOME STUDY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE MANAGEMENT. What Type of Volcano?. Cinder Cone. What are cinder cones made of?. Loose bubbly light weight chunks of rocks Rubble. Why are cinder cones not steeper?.

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William M. White Cornell University

Building Earth or What we (think we) know about the composition and evolution of the Earth and how we know it. William M. White Cornell University. Outline. Meteorites, Chondrites and Chondritic Abundances Chemical variation in the solar nebula Volatile vs. refractory elements

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Holy Smokes!

Holy Smokes!. A Volcano Primer. What we will learn. Plates move and cause major events. The effects of volcanic eruptions on earth. Location of volcanic regions and why they are found at those places. 4. What hot spots are and where they are formed. What is a volcano?.

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Plate Boundaries

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Plate Tectonics

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Development of Continental Drift

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Plate Tectonics!

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17.3 & 17.4 Notes Continental Drift

17.3 & 17.4 Notes Continental Drift. Main Points: The theory published by W egner states that the continents were once all connected and they continually drifted apart. Pangaea.

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Volcanoes destroy and volcanoes create

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VOLCANOES

VOLCANOES. YEAR 7. 1. VOLCANOES AND PLATE TECTONICS. 1995, Soufriere Volcano in Montserrat (Caribbean). Volcanic pictures A volcano is a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes to the surface.

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Chapter 21.1

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Earth Systems 3209

Earth Systems 3209. Reference: Chapters 4, 15, 16, 19; Appendix A & B. Unit: 4 The Forces Within Earth. Unit 4: Topic 2.6. Plate Boundaries - Convergence. Focus on . . . describing and giving examples of the three types of collision boundaries.

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Chapter 13 Section 1

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Chapter 13 Section 1

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Volcanic Environments

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A summary of plate boundaries and igneous activity

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Ch. 7 Volcanoes

Ch. 7 Volcanoes . Ch. 7.1 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics. Most rock in the very hot mantle / asthenosphere remains solid due to very high pressure. Sometimes conditions (lower pressure or added water) allow part of the solid mantle to melt and become flowing liquid magma. Volcanism.

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Fold Mountains

Fold Mountains. Formation. Form along both destructive and collision plate boundaries , in other words where two plates are pushing towards each other.

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Volcanic Environments

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