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In May of 2018, Kilauea volcano on Hawaii began a new eruption in the Leilani Estates neighborhood. Here’s a view of the eruption from a drone hovering about 150 above it: Which answer best describes the nature of this eruption?

A small piece of a completely different (“alien”) igneous rock included within a plutonic igneous rock is termed a __________.

Which of the sedimentary particles illustrated below has likely traveled the least distance from its source?

When corals precipitate their skeletons in warm, shallow, tropical waters, this typically results in the formation of __________.

Match the rock with its most distinguishing feature.

Rocks that form from the alteration of a rock due to changes in pressure and/or temperature are referred to as _________ rocks. (use correct spelling)

In order to make a sedimentary rock from another rock, you must subject it to which group of processes?

The depth of buried oceanic crust _________ as one approaches the continents.

Minerals are the building blocks that make up ___________, but the minerals themselves are made from various __________.

Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at _________, and is most closely associated with the force known as _________.