Let’s go back to Pennsylvania.a. In Pennsylvania, there are…

Let’s go back to Pennsylvania.a. In Pennsylvania, there are many ridges separated by valleys. The ridge tops seem to zig-zag back and forth. Sort of back-and-forth and then back-and-forth again. Explain how this came to be? Why is it this way?b. And if you go to Pennsylvania, will you find that the rocks on top of the ridges are older than those in the valleys, or it will be the other way around? Or, will there be places that are one way, and other places that are the other way? Explain.

a. How does magma composition affect the nature of volcanic…

a. How does magma composition affect the nature of volcanic eruptions?b. Explain why volcanoes powered by mafic and felsic magmas are likely to erupt in different ways. c. Describe a typical eruption involving a mafic magma and contrast it with a typical eruption involving a felsic magma.