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FOSSILS & ROCK AGES
WHICH PROCESS IS MAGMA PUSHED UP FROM WITHIN THE EARTH AND PUSHED INTO CRACKS OR PUSH ROCK OUT OF THE WAY?
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A. INTRUSION
B. PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION
C. RADIOACTIVE DECAY
D. EXTRUSION
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A. INTRUSION
Explanation: An intrusion is when magma is forced up into cracks or between rock layers and pushes the surrounding rock aside (forming dikes, sills, plutons). Extrusion (D) is magma that reaches the surface as lava. The other choices aren't processes of magma movement.
Explanation: An intrusion is when magma is forced up into cracks or between rock layers and pushes the surrounding rock aside (forming dikes, sills, plutons). Extrusion (D) is magma that reaches the surface as lava. The other choices aren't processes of magma movement.
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