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the liquid molten rock part of the Earth is called the
Lava
Crust
Mantle
Magma
2
The ancient city famously buried by mt. Vesuvius erupting in 79AD was called...
Vesuvian
Nyos
Venice
Pompeii
3
What type of boundary is this?
Divergent
Convection
Transform
Convergent
4
At collision boundaries, one plate is pushed down into the mantle. this is called....
Sublimation
transubstantiation
Subduction
Subtitles
5
what is the centre of the Earth made of?
solid nickel and iron
solid rock
gases under pressure
liquid nickel and aluminium
6
What happens to the magma from the melting plate?
it stays in the mantle
it forms aside vent
it fills a magma chamber
it hardens into rock
7
Tectonic plates move because of.....
currants and raisins
convection currents
conduction currents
plate boundary collisions
8
What type of volcano is Dunedin built on?
Composite
Caldera
Cone
Shield
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the plume of ash, rock and boiling gas that comes out of a volcano is called...
Lava flow
Pyogenes flow
Drastic flow
Pyroclastic flow
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what happens to the subducting plate in the mantle?
It gets pushed back up
nothing
a mountain forms
the leading edge begins to melt
