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| Name the three types of stress: |
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compressional
tensional
shear |
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| Name the types of permanant rock deformation: |
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| What is produced from ductile deformation? |
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| What are the two types of folds? |
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| What are the three types of faults? |
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| What are the 4 types of mountains covered in our book? |
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folded
fault-block
dome
volcanie |
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| Folded mountains are typically produced due to which type of stress? |
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Definition
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| Fault-block mountains are typically produced due to what type of stress? |
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| What type of deformation occurs at folded mountains? |
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| Ductile->folds-> anticlines and synclines |
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| What type of deformation typically occurs at fault-block mountains? |
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| brittle->faults-> normal, reverse, or strike slip |
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| What type of stress is responsible for volcanic mountains. |
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Definition
NONE- its not applicable at hotspots
OR
Compressional at a convergent boundary |
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| What causes a dome mountain to form? |
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Definition
Upward lifting of the basement rock/
Compressional Stress |
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| Give an example of a folded mountain range: |
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Definition
Himalayas- C-C convergent boundary
Northern Rockies
Applachians
Andes
Alps
Urals |
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| Give an example of a fault-block mountain range: |
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Definition
Tetons
Sierra Nevadas
Mid Ocean Ridge |
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| Give an example of a dome mountain: |
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Definition
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| Give an example of a volcanic mountain: |
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Definition
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| Does rock deformation occur at volcanic hotspots? |
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Definition
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| How are mountain types classified? |
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Definition
| byt the processes that form them |
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Term
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Definition
| any opening in Earth's crust where molten rock and/or gases exit |
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| How many types of volcanoes did we study? Name them: |
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Definition
1. Cinder
2. Shield
3. Strato or Composite
4. Lava Dome |
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| Which type of volcano has the smallest "footprint" on the crust? |
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Definition
Lava Dome (200ft)
Cinder (1,000ft) |
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| Which type of volcano has the largest "footprint" on Earth's crust? |
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Definition
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| Which two types of volcanoes are the tallest? |
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| Which type of volcano has quiet or non-explosive erruptions? |
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| Which type of volcano has only explosive erruptions? |
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Definition
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| Which type of volcano alternates between explosive and quiet eruptions? |
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| Hawaii is an example of which type of volcano? |
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| What type of plate boundary will produce compressional stress? |
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| What type of plate boundary produces tensional stress? |
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| What type of plate boundary will produce fault-block mountains? |
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| What type of plate boundary typically creates folded mountains? |
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| What three characteristics of magma will affect how it errupts? |
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Definition
Composition (Silica content)
Gas Content
Temperature |
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| Describe the magma you would find from a violent erruption: (Silica content, gas, temperature) |
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Definition
High Silica
High Temperature
High Gas Content |
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Term
| With an increase in temperature, the viscosity __increases/decreases__. |
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Definition
| Decreases (becomes more runny) |
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Definition
| Smooth, glassy surface or ropy. |
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Definition
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| Name the three types of magma: |
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Definition
1. Mafic (basalt)
2. Intermediate (Andesite)
3. Felsic (rhyolite) |
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| Which type of magma typically produces quiet (non-explosive) erruptions? |
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Definition
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| Which type of magma typically produces explosive type of erruptions? |
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| Which type of magma is the MOST viscous? (Has the highest viscosity) |
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| Which type of magma has the lowest viscosity? |
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| What is the most dangerous product of a volcanic erruption? |
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Term
| Describe a pyroclastic flow: |
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| A very hot mixture of gases that race down the sides of composite volcanoes at speeds of up to 124mph |
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Definition
| A large depression in a volcanoe typically where a large crater has collapsed |
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Term
| What is the magma chamber? |
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| The location in the crust where the magma builds pressure before errupting. |
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Term
| Why does magma rise upward in the crust? |
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Definition
| Its less dense that the rock around it. |
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Term
| What type of plate "setting" is used to describe volcanoes such as Hawaii or Yellowstone? |
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Definition
| Hotspots or Intraplate settings (not on a boundary but "in" the middle of a plate) |
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Term
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Definition
| a ) shaped line of volcanoes (seen from above) typically formed at a convergent boundary. Can be a C-O or an O-O convergent boundary. |
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