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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 produceing 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 fragements |
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| the particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called |
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| what feature is labled a in figure 10-1 |
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| whay type of valcano is illustrated in figure 10-1 |
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| a tectonic plate consist 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 epicemter 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 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 a(n) |
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| the board, slightly dome-shaped volcanoesof 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 occuring 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 whay 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 at 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 a 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 wegeners 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 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 boundary |
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| where is the energy source found that drives the process 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 4.0minutes after the first p wave |
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