Is Shiprock an intrusive igneous feature or an extrusive igneous feature? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
An intrusive feature of magma hardening (cooling) in the neck of a volcanic feature, subsequently exposed by weathering and erosion to stand starkly in the desert plain that surrounds. The radiating volcanic dikes are also intrusive features, forming below the surface to later be exposed by denudation processes.
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A) China is the world's largest producer of strategic minerals. B) China is the world's largest consumer of strategic minerals. C) The world has about 1000 years worth of these minerals at current rates of consumption. D) The United States has increasingly depended on imports of these in the past fifty years. E) The Middle East is the world's most significant repository of strategic minerals.
Which of the following intermolecular forces best describes why molecules like CF3CF3 are soluble in liquid CO2?
A) dipole-dipole B) induced dipole-induced dipole C) dipole-induced dipole D) ion-dipole E) hydrogen bonding
The ___________ is a political party formed to achieve independence for Quebec.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What Zooplankton is considered a keystone species?
a. Ctenophores b. Meroplankton c. Pteropods d. Krill