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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 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 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's epicenter 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 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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| composition of the magma,amount of dissolved gases in the magma,temperature of the magma |
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| A lava flow with the surface of rough,jagged blocks and sharp,angler 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 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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| 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 a fault under |
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| Overall which seismic wave are the most destructive ? |
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| What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate ? |
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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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| When an earthquake occurs energy radiates in all directions from its source which is called ? |
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| The super continent 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 in 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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| 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 ? |
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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 is the first S wave arrives 4.0 minutes after the first S wave |
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| What are primary factors that determine whether a volcano erupts explosively or relatively quietly ? |
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| Magma composition,magma temperature,and the amount of dissolved gases in magma |
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| Describe how igneous rock becomes a sedimentary rock |
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| Igneous rock weathers and erodes,turns to sediments,the sediments compact and cement to form a sedimentary rock |
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| List three lines of evidence that supported the hypothesis of continental drift |
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Continents fit together like puzzle
Some fossils found on different continents
Similarity in rock type and structural features |
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| Compare and contrast the movements and forces on a normal fault and reverse fault ? |
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| Normal is always on ocean borders and reverse are not in an ocean border |
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