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surface waves

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2
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the 3 main types of waves and their movement

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side to side, up and down, rolls

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3
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formation of a typhoon

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  1. warm oceans 26 C up
  2. warm air moves up
    3.air in HPA sweeps in into LPA
  3. condensation happens to form clouds
  4. air whirls
    North- counterclock wise
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4
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a celestial body that hits the earth’s surface

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meteorite

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5
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earhquake

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6
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how much active volcanoes are there in ring of fire?

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75%

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7
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other name for focus?

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hypocenter

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8
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Fault plane

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9
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also called the head, which is a type of gas that surrounds the nucleus

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coma

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10
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good job

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you can do it all!!!

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11
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typhoon

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12
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north atlantic oceans

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hurricane

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13
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made out of ionized molecules that can be either dust or both

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tail, ion and dust

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14
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focus

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15
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Epicenter

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16
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seismic waves

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17
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Seismograph

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18
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Ring of fire

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19
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north west pacific

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typhoon

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20
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known as the site of a meteorite

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impact crater

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21
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also known as shooting star

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meteor

22
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a celestial body that enters the earth’s atmosphere

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meteor

23
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magnitude

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24
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Big one

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7.2 up

25
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name the parts of a comet

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nucleus
head/ coma
tail
hydrogen cloud

26
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Normal faut
movement and stress

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foot wall moves up, hanging wall moves down, tensional stress

27
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ritcher mgnitude scale

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28
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the core of a comet in which it is composed of rocks, metals and ice

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nucleus

29
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most destructive parts where rainfall is heavy

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eye wall

30
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strike and slip faul
movement and stress

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collides with each other, sheering force/ stress

31
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a body that is composed of rocks and metals that orbits the sun

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asteroids

32
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types of waves in an EQ

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primary waves, secondary and surface waves

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hangingw all

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34
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central region of a clear sky

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eye

35
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fault

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36
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FOOTwall

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37
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a type of body that is outside the earth’s vacinity

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meteoroids

38
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PAGASA name

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39
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Modified Mercalli Intensisty scale

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40
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primary waves

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41
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PHILVOLCS

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ph volcanology and seismology

42
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Phases of an earthquake

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fore shock, main shock and after shock

43
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a s[pherical cloud that surrounds the coma

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hydrogen cloud

44
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a celestial body that is composed of mostly rocks, ice, and gasses

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comets

45
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largest known asteroid

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Ceres

46
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reverese fault
movement and stress

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hanging wall moves up, compresional stress

47
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indian ocean

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cyclone

48
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it is believed to be composed of fragments from asteroids and comets

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meteoroids

49
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secondary waves
other known as

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S waves

50
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the walls outside the eyewall

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outer and inner rainbands

51
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Coriolis effect

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52
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west valley fault

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