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    How Do Joints Form in Tectonic Environments
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How Do Joints Form in Tectonic Environments

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Question 40

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How do joints form in tectonic environments?


A) Rocks near the surface are stretched and pulled apart.
B) Hot rocks cool and contract.
C) Water dissolves rock along fractures.
D) Rock fractures through heating.

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