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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 grinds past each other without destroying or producing lithosphere. |
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| why do earthquakes often cause damaging fires? |
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| earth 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 |
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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 epicenter is |
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| the place on the surface directly above the focus |
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| the richest magnitude 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 an |
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| the board, 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. |
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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 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 island 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 it's source, which is called |
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| the super continental int he 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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| the Himalaya in south Africa are an example of what of what type of plate boundary |
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| convergent continental-continental boundary. |
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| where is the energy source found that dives the process that forms igneous an metamorphic rocks |
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| which of the following is not a rock. |
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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 p wave |
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