Answer:
Option: D. It cooled very slowly.
Explanation:
Iceland is known as the Land of Fire. The country is present in the plate boundary of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Being on the top of the Ring of Fire, it has active volcanoes. Hexagonal basalt columns formed from a volcanic eruption. Basalt columns are the result of a cooling process that changes the appearance of the lava. Basalt is a volcanic rock rich in iron and magnesium created from the heated magma that emerges as lava during an eruption.
The photograph given below is from Icelandic national park Jokulsargljufur.
An ocean gyre is a large system of circular ocean currents formed by global wind patterns and forces created by Earth’s rotation. The movement of the world’s major ocean gyres helps drive the “ocean conveyor belt.” The ocean conveyor belt circulates ocean water around the entire planet.
Answer:
loss of volatiles to the atmosphere
Explanation:
volatiles are the group of chemical elements and chemical compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust or atmosphere. Examples include nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen, etc.
Volatiles were accreted throughout the Earth’s formation, but Earth’s early accretion history was volatile poor.
It’s a gulf, a bay is a small body of water between 3 parts of land. Think of the Gulf of Mexico, it is enclosed by three sides of land. Therefore, it is a gulf.
Answer: B
Thermal Stress will weaken rock formations due to expansion and contraction from temperature changes.
