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1
Q

According to _____ ________ ______, the lithosphere is broke into spearate sections called?

A

Plates

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2
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How many major plates are there on Earth?

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7

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3
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Layer of rock distinguishable from adjacent layers

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Stratum, pl. Strata

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4
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Volcanic debris

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Tephra

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5
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Igneous rocks high in Feldspar and Silicate content

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Felsic Rocks

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6
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Igneous rocks low in silicate content but high in Magnesium and Iron

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Mafic Rocks

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7
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Process of mountain building

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Orogeny/Orogenesis

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8
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Volcano made from conical tephra

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Cinder Cone Volcano

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9
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Volcano created by multiple strata

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Stratovolcano/Composite Volcano

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10
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Denotes to harbor wave

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Tsunami

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11
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Uniform bend in strata

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Monocline

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12
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Bend in strata that is concave upright

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Syncline

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13
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Bend in strata that is concave downside

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Anticline

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14
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Plate convergence in the Andes, Cascades

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Oceanic-Continental Convergence

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15
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Mountain range formed by the collision of Indian and Asian plate

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Himalayas

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16
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Planck’s constant

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6.62607015 x 10^-34 Js

17
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Amedeo Avogadro’s Number

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6.02214076 x 10^23 mol^-1

18
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Speed of light

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299 792 458 m/s

19
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Digits of Pi until the 43th number

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3.14 15 92 65 35 89 79 32 38 46 26 43 38 32 79 50 28 84 19 71 69

20
Q

CMRGL

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Conrad, Mohorovicic, Repetti, Gutenberg, Lehmann

21
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Transition between Upper and Lower Crust. Absent in some continental regions

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Conrad Discontinuity (Austrian Seismologist Victor Conrad)

22
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Transition between Crust and Mantle. Discrete jump in seismic wave velocities

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Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Croatian Geophysicist Andrija Mohorovicic)

23
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Transition between Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle

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Repetti Discontinuity (Seismologist William C. Repetti)

24
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Transition between Mantle and Outer Core

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Gutenberg Discontinuity (German-American Seismologist Beno Gutenberg)

25
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Transition between Outer and Inner Core. Abrupt increase of P & S waves velocities

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Lehmann Discontinuity (Danish Seismologist Inge Lehmann)

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