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B1. Name the stratigraphic principle which states that sediments will spread out

ID: 157578 • Letter: B

Question

B1. Name the stratigraphic principle which states that sediments will spread out in all directions until they fill the sedimentary basin. _______________________________________________________ (1 mark) B2. Quartz s an example of which class of silicate minerals? _____________________________________________________ (1 mark) B3. Where is new oceanic crust generated? _______________________________________________________ (1 mark) B4. How is the shape of the Earth affected by its rotational spin? _______________________________________________________ (1 mark) B5. What are the four main agents of metamorphism? a) ______________________ b) ______________________ (2 marks) c) ______________________ d) ______________________ B6. What are the four main ways in which sediment is transported in a river system? a) ______________________ b) _________________________ (4 marks) c) _____________________ d) _______________________ B7. What three processes can cause the mantle to partially melt and form a magma?

Explanation / Answer

B1 lateral continuity principles states that the sediments are spreaded like a snow fall so fulfilling the criterias

B2 sillicon oxygen tetrahedron sillicates

B3 mid oceanic ridge , where older crust is replaced by new one

B4 it gives earth a shape of a disc rather than a sphere

b5 heat , pressure, fluid and strain

B6 dissolved, suspension, rolling and there is no fourth metho , may be traction

B7 heating, pressure decrease and addition of water