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At 5.0-5.9 is the first damaged caused from receiving reading of the Richter scale, especially to poorly constructed buildings? |
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Any change in shape of an object due to stress is called a strain? |
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The last waves to reach distant seismographs are the S waves. |
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Some earthquakes occur along faults that are not tectonic boundaries. |
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Theoretically, a very intense earthquake could be felt by every person on earth. |
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Fire is an important earthquake hazzard in heavily populated areas. |
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Since many earthquakes occur in mountainous regions, landslides are an important earthquake hazard to those that live in such places. |
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Early earthquake warning signs can include strange human behavior. |
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Major faults are most often associated with mountain ranges. |
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A joint is just a miniature version of a fault. |
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Modern seismologists believe that faults and earthquakes are caused by tectonic forces. |
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Most earthquakes are too gentle for people to feel. |
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Scientists now have the technology to predict earthquakes and warn people days in advance. |
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| Even though we cannot reliably predict earthquakes, we can do other things to _______ human lives from earthquake hazards. |
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| One important factor that often determines an earthquake's destructiveness is its ________. |
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| Each increase of 1.0 unit on the Richter scale equals an increase of about _______ times in the energy released. |
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| At least ______ (a number) seismic stations are needed to pinpoint an earthquake's epicenter. |
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| A special geologist who studies the earth's movements and the structure of its interior would be called a(n)... |
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| A(n) _______ is a crack in a rock where movement has occurred. |
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| A(n) _______ is a series of low-frequency shock waves traveling through the earth. |
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| A(n) _________ is a device that detects changes in motion that can turn a personal computer into an earthquake warning instrument. |
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| What is the name of the longest strike-slip fault in southern California? |
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| Secondary, smaller earthquakes that result from a major earthquake are called... |
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| Rayleigh waves and Love waves are both examples of... |
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| Earthquakes are most common... |
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| along the edges of tectonic plates |
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| One quake measures 6.0 and another quake measures 7.0 on the Richter scale. How does the second quake's intensity compare with that of the first? |
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| It is about 32 times as intense. |
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| The horizontal direction of a fault it its... |
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| What is the major difference between a fault and a joint? |
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| Faults involve visible movements or rocks but joints do not. |
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| An instrument that simply measures earth waves is a... |
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| The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit in 1968... |
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| shocked many in the scientific community because of its quotation from Genesis 1. |
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| The earth's crust is make up of large divisions known as... |
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| Our moon is ____________ the average moon in our solar system. |
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| The moon's gravity produces... |
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| Our seasons are most directly caused by... |
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| What strange property of water helps animals survive cold winters in a pond? |
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| Water floats when it becomes a solid. |
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| Which planet's gravity is most responsible for keeping asteroids away from Earth? |
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| What Creation story suggests that God created very simple life long ago and that then evolved to become more complex according to the natural laws He established? |
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| The word geology literally means the study of the... |
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| Who is considered to be the "Father of Geology"? |
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| What biblical event would be most in conflict with an old-earth geology viewpoint? |
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| Secular geologists currently believe that the earth's age is... |
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| Young-earth creationists believe the earth's age is about... |
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Who restored support for a young-earth view of geology by writing The Genesis Flood in 1961?
-John Whitcomb
-Henry Morris
-both A and B
-neither A nor B |
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Which of these questions would fall within the limits of historical geology?
-What causes earthquakes?
-Where can we look for new iron ore deposits?
-How thick is the earth's crust?
-How did the Grand Canyon form? |
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| How did the Grand Canyon form? |
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Which of these layers of the earth is the thinnest?
-asthenosphere
-crust
-mantle
-core |
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| thinner under oceans than under the continents. |
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| The Moho is found at the... |
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| Scientists believe that the earth's core is composed mostly of... |
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Which of these is a biological natural resource?
-soil
-seawater
-sunlight
-shrimp |
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| What is the clearest evidence that life in the world today is out of balance? |
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| On the basis of what we can see from the fossil record, thousands of animal and plant species have become _______ since the Fall. |
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| The earth's core is thought to be make of _______ (a number) parts. |
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| Geologists that study earthquake waves are known as... |
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| With what brief statement did Charles Lyell summarize the view known as uniformitarianism? |
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| "The present is the key to the past." |
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| _______ evolution is a compromise belief that proposes that God used biological evolution to allow life to develop on Earth. |
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| Life on Earth is safer because our location in the galaxy is _______ ________ exploding stars and black holes. |
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| The earth's ______ field protects us from harmful radiation particles that are streaming through space. |
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| Of all the planets and moons in the solar system that have dense atmospheres, only the earth's atmosphere is _________. |
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| The earth's surfae temperature, ocean current and wind patterns, and even the cycles of animal and plant life depend on the speed of the earth's ___________. |
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| The "lesser light to rule the night" in Genesis 1 refers to the _______. |
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| Of all the worlds in the universe, the earth is a _________ place because it was created by God for life. |
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The earth is the only body in our solar system that has an atmosphere. |
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According to a theistic evolutionist, there is no original sin against God since there was no literal Adam and Eve. |
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The plate tectonics theory can be explained within a young-earth worldview. |
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| The principle of uniformity can be reliably extended into the unobserved past. |
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The Flood of Noah's time was worldwide in its extent. |
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Geologists sometimes use explosives to create artificial seismic waves. |
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The earth's crust is made of heavy, dense rock varying in thickness from a few miles thick under the oceans to nearly 60 miles thick under continents. |
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The mantle material is denser than the core material. |
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A Christian should not be concerned about a species becoming extince since only man is made in God's image. |
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| The term __________ would be used to describe the height of a wave. |
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| If a force is applied to an object in the same direction as it moves through a distance, ____ has been performed. |
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| Your weight is directly linked to the field force known as _______. |
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| What is the factor that determines how hard the earth pulls on the mass of an object? |
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| the distance between the center of the earth and the object. |
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| The _____ provides an adequate explanation for why the universe seems to be missing a lot of matter. |
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| The first law of thermodynamics states that... |
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| total energy in the universe is constant. |
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The sun releases what kind of energy?
-magnetic
-light
-thermal
-all of these |
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| For an object to have kinetic energy, it must be... |
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| What is operationally defined as "the ability to do work?" |
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Which of these is a field force?
-compression
-magnetism
-friction
-shear |
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| By definition, a force is... |
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| In which state of matter do the particles possess the most energy? |
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| A substance's state of matter is most directly affected by its... |
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| If a substance has a fixed (unchanging) volume but not a definite shape, it is in the ______ state. |
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Which of these is a pure substance?
-solid aluminum
-the air
-granite
-whipped cream |
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| Sweetened tea would be an example of a.... |
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| Matter is defined as anything that.... |
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| occupies space and has mass |
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| The experiments performed by the Large Hadron Collider are an attempt to show... |
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