ESSE 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Curie Temperature, Andesite, Dynamic Earth

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Circle the letter beside the most correct answer. The lava erupting at converging plate boundaries is: (a) basalt (b) andesite (c) granite (d) olivine. The height of mid-ocean ridges is due to: (a) the build up of basaltic volcanism (b) thermal contraction of cooling lithosphere (c) unknown forces (d) pressure release melting at the ridge crest. Continent-continent collision is immediately preceded by: (a) continent-ocean collision (b) subduction of the intervening sea-floor (c) andesite volcanism (d) all of the above (e) none of the above. A benioff zone is: (a) another term for a subduction zone (b) any linear zone of seismicity (c) the zone of maximum bending in a sinking plate (d) another term for a shearing fault zone. The age of the planets of the solar system is approximately: (a) 4. 6 million years (b) 0. 6 million years (c) 200 million years (d) 1 astronomical unit (e) none of the above.

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