What happens when two oceanic plates collide

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Answer: When two oceanic plates collide, the younger of the two plates (because it is less dense)* will ride over the edge of the older plate. *(Oceanic plates grow more dense as they cool or move further away from the Mid-Ocean Ridge). The older, heavier plate bends and plunges steeply through the athenosphere, and descending into the earth, ir forms a trench that can be as much as 70 miles wide, more than a thousands miles long, and several miles deep. 

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Suppose you are a geologist traveling in a region that has limestone bedrock and plenty of rainfall. What features would you expect to find in this landscape? How did they form ?

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Features Found in a limestone region includes

Sink holes, caves, stalagmites, stalactites, limestone pavement etc.

Explanation:

Limestone's are sedimentary rocks that are majorly composed of calcium carbonate(CaCO3). This rocks are mainly found under sea water where their is abundant of corals and reefs. This organism add more calcium carbonate to  the rock during their activities and even when they die.

One important characteristics of calcium carbonate is it ability to dissolve in weak acid and this what makes limestone features unique. When their is plenty of rainfall the water easily reacts with the carbon dioxide(CO2)  in the atmosphere to form a weak acid. This acidic water ,  if it comes with contact with calcium carbonate, itdissolves in it to form calcium bicarbonate solution. The chemical reaction is as follow ;

H2O(rainfall) + CO2(carbon dioxide) → H2CO3( weak carbonic acid)

H2CO3( weak carbonic acid) + CaCO3  → Ca(HCO)3(calciulm bicarbonate solution).

Features one would expect in region that has limestone bedrocks are caves, sinkholes, limestone pavement, stalagmites and stalactites.

Caves are underground features formed when weak carbonic acid seep through limestone fissures and bedding plane to carry along calcite(calcium carbonate) creating a cavern system along the process. This weak acid forms a solution with the Calcium carbonate rocks. The acid dissolve more of the limestone rocks to form a hollow pathway underground.

Stalagmites  and stalactites are formed in caves . This features are formed when the Calcium bicarbonate solution loose the water and carbon dioxide content . The calcium carbonate is left behind as water and carbon dioxide are loss from the ceiling of the caves(stalactites, an ice like structure) and the floor of the cave(stalagmites, a cone like structure) . Stalagmites grows upward due to calcium carbonate laden water seeping from the ceiling of the cave to the floor . Stalactites grows downward due to the Calcium bicarbonate solution coming from the roof and later loss water and carbon dioxide living the calcium carbonate behind.  

Sink holes are depression caused when water dissolves limestone . Sink holes are usually cylindrical holes . The accumulated water in the limestone are then drained causing a depression.

Sink hole can also be formed if solution of the limestone creates a depression on the surface of the limestone.

when you have sink holes and caves in an area , it is called Karst topography.

You would expect to find several cave formations. Cave formation begins when acidic rain falls. This acidic rain goes is absorbed by the soil and soon enough reaches the bedrock. If this bedrock is limestone, a cave can form. The acid rain erodes the limestone and after thousands and thousands of years a cave forms as this process is repeated over and over.

List two continents whose edges are not all on plate boundaries?

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north and south america

Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia. 

How does plate tectonics explain the creation of volcanic islands in the Pacific

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Because the tectonic plates are moving when they collide with each other the force is so strong that it causes earthquakes and/or hurricanes with can lead to the creation of many things.

Which resource is a non-renewable and non-recyclable resource? A) iron
B) gasoline
C) beef cattle
D) rainforests

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The resource that is non-renewable and non-recyclable resource is gasoline. The correct option is B.

What is gasoline?

Gasoline is a volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, primarily in internal combustion engines, and is typically blended from several natural gas and petroleumproducts.

Crudeoil is refined into petrol (known as gasoline in the United States) or diesel.

Most modes of transportation, from lawnmowers to cars, buses, and motorcycles to large ships and airplanes, use either gasoline or diesel to power their engines.

Nonrenewableenergy sources are so named because their supplies are limited to what we can mine or extract from the earth.

Coal, naturalgas, and petroleum arose thousands of years ago from the buried remains of ancient sea plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

Thus, the correct option is B.

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B) Gasoline. It takes millions of years for it to form.

What is Rub’ al Khali and where is it located?

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Rub'al Khali happens to be the largest sand desert on earth ( in the world ) and it takes up most of the Southern,  Of the Arabian Peninsula , this means that it covers exactly 650,000 Kilo ( Kilometers ) that's 250,000 miles ( squared ) .It gathers a lot of attention from tourists. 

I rally hope that this helps you out a lot.
 
it is in the desert of Asia it is the largest contigous sand desert in the world 

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How can sudden events affect earth?

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Sudden events as in disasters? Certain events, such as earthquakes, are things we cannot predict with ample time, so it can be disastrous to people in the case of landslides, buildings toppling, and tsunami waves such as those that hit japan.

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Sudden events as in disasters? Certain events, such as earthquakes, are things we cannot predict with ample time, so it can be disastrous to people in the case of landslides, buildings toppling, and tsunami waves such as those that hit japan.