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Question 1

What is an accretionary wedge?

Answer 1

Scraping off of Oceania crust during subduction that is piled up the edge of a continental plate

Question 2

What is a Wadati-Benioff zone?

Answer 2

Zone of seismic activity by subduction

Question 3

What is the difference between basaltic and andesitic lava?

Answer 3

Basaltic= runny lava 
Andesitic= more viscous and plugs up volcanoes

Question 4

What are mountain roots?

Answer 4

The forcing downwards of rock from the continental lithosphere towards the asthenosphere