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Answer the following in 2 or more sentences


1. What are lithospheric plates?


2. What is a volcano?


3. What are ox-bow lakes?


4. What are loess?


5. Define Erosion and name 2 types of erosion​

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Answered by Anonymous
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1. Lithospheric plates are regions of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper plasticine mantle....

2. A volcano is an opening in the earth’s crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape....

3. A curved lake formed from a horseshoe bend in a river where the main stream has cut across the narrow end and no longer flows around the loop of the bend is known as ox bow lakes...

4. Loess is a sedimentary deposit composed largely of silt-size grains that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate....

5. The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents is known as erosion...There are four main types of soil erosion: splash erosion, sheet erosion, rill erosion, and gully erosion..

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Answered by ncubenondumisonn
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Answer:

LITHOSPHERE PLATES: THESE ARE REGIONS OF THE EARTHS CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE THAT ARE FRACTURED INTO PLATES THAT MOVE ACROSS S DEEPER PLASTICINE MANTLE

VOLCANO: A RUPTURE IN THE CRUST OF A PLANETARY MASS OBJECT SUCH AS EARTH  THAT ALLOWS HOT LARVA ,VOLCANIC ASH  AND GASES TO ESCAPE FROM MAGMA CHAMBER BELOW THE SURFACE

OX BOW LAKES: THESE ARE U SHAPED LAKES THAT FORM WHEN A WIDE MEANDER OF A RIVER IS CUT OFF CREATING A FREE STANDING OF WATER

LOESS: AN AEOLIAN  SEDIMENT FORMED BY ACCUMULATION OF  WIND BLOWN SILT TYPICALLY IN 2 TO 50 MICROMETER SIZE RANGE 20 PERCENT OR LESS CLAY AND  THE BALANCE EQUAL PARTS SAND AND SILT THAT ARE LOOSELY CEMENTED BY CALCIUM CARBONATE

EROSION:IS THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE UPPER SURFACE LAYER OF THE SOIL TO ANOTHER LOCATION BY WIND WATER OR OTHER NATURAL AGENTS

TYPES:ABRASION  AND ATTRITION

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