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Question 1

The oceanic side bending and being forced download beneath the continental slab is a process called

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Subduction

Question 2

The sudden release of strain energy when rocks move along a fault is called

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Elastic rebound

Question 3

Point of origin of an earthquake

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Focus

Question 4

The point on earth surface directly above the focus is a

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Epic center

Question 5

The boundary between two layers of material that have different densities is called a

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Discontinuity

Question 6

Occurs when a change in speed causes a way to change direction or bend

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Refraction

Question 7

A week or plastic like Claire upon which earths lithosphere plates move

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Asthenosphere

Question 8

A measure of the resistance of fluid to flow

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Viscosity

Question 9

Small violently erupting in volcano formed by accumulation of large pyroclastic materials around a vent

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Cindercone volcano

Question 10

Broad flat volcano formed by layers or free flowing high temperature basaltic lava

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Shield volcano

Question 11

Dead zone between 105 and 140° from in earths epic center where nothing is recorded on the seismogram

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Shadow zone

Question 12

Composed of alternating layers are Large half and thousands of meters high intense of kilometers across the base

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Composite volcanoes