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Deeply buried rocks tend to break when subject to stress forming faults or joints.

The rock named schist has more foliation than the rock named slate.

The Principle of Uniformity states that past geologic processes were very much similar to those of the present.

Each higher number on the Richter scale represents a 10-fold increase in the amount of ground movement in an earthquake.

The core of Earth is composed of

The process of physically removing weathered materials is called

Previously existing rocks that have been changed by heat, pressure, or hot solutions into a different kind of rock without melting are

Granite and basalt are different because of their cooling rates when they formed.

The rock that makes up the bulk of Earth’s continents is

When an oceanic plate and continental plate converge,