Minerals are generally derived from materials that are
a. liquids
b. inorganic
c. present in plants
d. present in water

The rocky mountain system stretching from canada to new mexico is a string of mountains running along the wester united states. what factors would mostly cause this arrangement of mountains? intense pressure undemeath a tectonie plate that could not breakthrough the rock subduction of a tectonic plate, which pushed up a neighboring plate into mountains two plates located at a diverging boundary with a third plate rising between them two plates that melted into molten rock, which later cooled into the shape of mountains

Which statement describes john tuzo wilson’s contribution to the theory of plate tectonics? he proposed that plates carry parts of the seafloor. he theorized that pieces of earth move for a limited time. he suggested that the asthenosphere is broken into segments. he observed seafloor cracks similar to existing cracks in the continents.

The current is like a stream or river in the ocean true or false