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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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| 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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| A fault in which the hanging will move down relative the footwall is a ? |
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| What type of volcano is built almost built entirely from ejected lava fragments? |
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| The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called? |
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| What feature in 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 consist of |
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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 volcanic activity |
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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 Richer magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the |
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| Which of the following factors help determine weather 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 broad slightly domed shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are |
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| Faults in which movements is mainly horizontal and parallel to the trend of the fault surface are called |
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| In figure 3-1 what processes would be occurring in the part of the rock cycle labeled E |
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| In figure 3-1 what type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycled 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 Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific plate moved over |
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| A tsunami can occur when there is verticle 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 super continent of the in the continental drift hypothesis was called? |
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| Through which layer S waves NOT transmitted |
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| What kind of evidence that supports Wegeners's hypothesis is that |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of rocks |
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| The Himalayas in south Asia are an example of what type of plate 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 is the first P wave be received if an earthquake epicenter is approximately 1800 kilometers from the seismic station |
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