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| Which seismic waves compress and expand rocks in the direction the waves travel? |
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| What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing lithosphere? |
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| Why do earthquakes often cause damaging fires? |
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| Earthquakes vibrations can break gas lines, water lines, and electrical lines. |
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| Tensional stresses commonly cause which of the following? |
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| What volcanic feature is illustrated at A in Figure 10-2? |
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| What type of plate boundary resulted in the volcanic activity illustrated in Figure 10-2? |
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| Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary |
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| A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall is a..... |
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| What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments? |
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| The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called.... |
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| What feature is labeled A in Figure 10-1? |
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| What type of volcano is illustrated in Figure 10-1? |
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| A tectonic plate consists of.... |
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| The crust and uppermost mantle |
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| Which of the following can be produced at an ocean-continental convergent boundary? |
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| Earthquakes are usually associated with.... |
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| What is the most abundant gas associated with volcanic activity? |
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| An earthquakes epicenter is.... |
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| The place on the surface directly above the focus. |
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| The Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the.... |
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| Measurements of the amplitude of the largest seismic waves |
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| Which of the following factors helps determine whether a volcanic eruption will be violent or relatively quiet? |
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| A lava flow with a surface of rough,jagged blocks and sharp,angular projections is called a(n).... |
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| The broad,slightly dome shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are.... |
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| Faults in which movement is mainly horizontal and parallel to the trend of the fault surface are called.... |
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| In Figure 3-1, what process or processes would be occurring in the part of the rock cycle labeled E? |
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| Compaction and cementation |
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| In Figure 3-1, what type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycle labeled B? |
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| In Figure 3-1, what type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycle labeled F? |
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| According to the theory of plate tectonics,..... |
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| The lithosphere is divided into plates |
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| The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over..... |
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| A tsunami can occur when there is vertical movement at a fault under.... |
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| Overall, which seismic waves are the most destructive? |
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| What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate? |
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| When an earthquake occurs, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called the..... |
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| The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called.... |
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| Through which earth layer are S waves not transmitted? |
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| One kind of evidence that suppoets Wegener's hypothesis is that.... |
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| Fossils of the same organisms have been found on different continents |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of the rock? |
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| The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary? |
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| Convergent continental-continental |
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| Where is the energy source found that drives the processes that form igneous and metamorphic rocks? |
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| Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located in a belt know as the.... |
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| What is the name of the major strike-slip fault in California? |
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| According to Figure 8-1,when will the first P wave be received,if an earthquake epicenter is approximately 1800 kilometers from the seismic station? |
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| 3.5 minutes after the earthquake |
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| According to Figure 8-1,what is the distance between the seismic station and an earthquake epicenter,if the first S wave arrives 4.0 minutes after the first P wave? |
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| What are the primary factors that describe whether a volcano erupts explosively or relatively quietly? |
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| Magma composition, magma temperature, and the amount of dissolved gases in the magma |
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| Describe how an Igneous rock becomes a Sedimentary Rock.... |
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| Rocks at Earth's surface are broken down into smaller pieces called sediments |
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| List three lines of evidence that supported the hypothesis of continental drift.... |
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| Fossil organisms found on different landmasses, shorelines looks like they fit together, and several mountain belts end at one coastline |
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| Compare and contrast the movements and forces on a normal fault and a reverse fault.... |
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| Normal fault occurs when the hanging wall block moves down relative to the foot-wall block. Reverse fault in which the hanging wall block moves up relative to the foot wall block. |
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| Describe how P waves and S waves more and affect the movement of the material they pass over or through.... |
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| S-waves shakes particles at right angles to their direction of travel. Moves slower than P waves. P-waves push and pull rocks in the direction the wave travels. Can travel through solid, liquid, and gas. Is the fastest wave. |
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