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The MOR system in the Atlantic ocean,called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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mid-ocean ridge

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A long narrow depression forms in between peaks along the mid-ocean ridge.

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rift valley

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the boundary where two plates collide

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convergent plate boundary

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3
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the point of origin for an earthquake

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focus

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when a thick and buoyant continental plate meets a thin and dense oceanic plate the denser plate dives beneath the continent

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subduction

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divergent plate boundary

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the boundary between two plates that are moving apart

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this type of boundary where plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

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transform plate boundary

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the sudden movement or vibration of the ground that occurs when rocks slip and slide along enormous cracks in Earth’s crust called faults.

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earthquake

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a crack in Earth’s crust strain energy builds up in the rock has moves

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fault

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9
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the sudden release of strain energy as rock moves along a fault

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elastic rebound

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10
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the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus

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epicenter

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11
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who came up with the continental drift hypothesis?

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Alfred Wegener

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what where some pieces that supported his hypothesis ?

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1,coastline matched like puzzle piece

  1. he looked at large land animal fossils
  2. mountain ranges matched up had similar rock type and age
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13
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what was the name of the super cont

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Pangaea

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14
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who came up with the Seafloor spreading Hypothesis?

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Harry Hess

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15
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What did he use to come up with the Seafloor spreading hypothesis?

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sonar

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16
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Who discovered the Mid-Ocean ridge?

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Harry Hess

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17
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where can we find the youngest rock on the seafloor?

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close to the MOR

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18
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what are the three of the plate boundaries?

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convergent
divergent
transform

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what are the two type of crust that deal with in class

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oceanic crust

continental crust

20
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How do convergent plates boundaries move?

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collide together

21
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what land forms are created when ocean crust and continental crust converged?

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volcanoes

deep sea trench

22
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subuduction happen with which type of boundary?

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convergent

23
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what type of land forms when two oceanic crust come together?

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deep sea trench

hot sports which create lands

24
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what type of land forms are created when two continental come together?

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Mountains

25
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what kind of crust must be present for Volcanic activity to occur?

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oceanic crust

26
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How do divergent plates move?

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they divide/ move away from each other

27
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what are specific example of a divergent plate boundaries?

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MOR ( both are oceanic crust )

East African Rift ( both continental)

28
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how do transform plates move?

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slide pasted each other

29
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what a specific example of a transform plate boundaries?

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San Andreas fault ( both continental)

30
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what is a convection current?

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  1. Magma heats up , becomes less dense and rise

2. Magma cools down, becomes more dense and sinks

31
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what are other forces that help plates in motion?

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slab pull
ridge push
and friction

32
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which type of plate boundaries have shallow earthquakes?

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divergent

transform

33
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which plate boundaries have deep earthquakes?

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convergent

34
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what type of stress can be applied to rocks to cause movement?

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compression stress
tension stress
shear stress
torsion stress

35
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what are the types of deformation that can be cause do to stress?

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Elastic

plastic

36
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what happens to a material when elastic deformation happens?

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deforms then snaps back in place

37
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what happens to a material when plastic deformation happens?

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deforms then changes into a new shape

38
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how many types of seismic waves are there?

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1 primary waves
2 secondary waves
3 surface waves

39
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which waves are the fastest wave ?

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primary waves

40
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what type of wave is the p-waves?

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a compression wave

41
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what type of materials can a p wave travel through?

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solid

liquid

42
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what type of wave is a secondary wave ?

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transverse

43
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what type of of materials can a s -wave travel through?

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solid

44
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which wave is the most complex and damaging?

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surface waves

45
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what are the names of the measurement we use to measure earthquakes?

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Richter scale

Mercalli scale

46
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what does the Richter scale measure about an earthquake?

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the amount of energy released

47
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what dose the Mercalli measure in an earthquake?

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the amount of damage that was caused

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