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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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| Earthquake 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 earthquake's epicenter is ________. |
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| the place on the surface directly above the focus |
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| The richter mangnitude of an earthquake is determined from the _______. |
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| measurement 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 the 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 supports Wegener's hypothesis is that ______. |
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| fossils of the same organism have been found on different continents |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of plate boundary ? |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of rock ? |
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| Convergent continental-continental boundary |
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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 known 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 determine whether a volcano erupts explosively or relative quietly ? |
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| Describe how an Igneous rock becomes a Sedimentary rock.... |
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| List three lines of evidence that supported the hypothesis of continental drift. |
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| Compare and Contrast the movements and forces on a normal fault and a reverse fault. |
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| Describe how P waves and S waves move and affect the movement of the material they pass over through. |
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