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1
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Do scientists have the technology to predict earthquakes and warn people days in advance

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No

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2
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are most eartquakes too gentle for people to feel

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yes

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3
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can slippin of a fualt plate tectonics and eruption of a volcano all caus an earthquake

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yes

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4
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Does the force a rock exerts as it strikes a roadway after tumbling down a hill involve tension

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no

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5
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Does the froce a rock climber exerts on the rope as he rappels down acleff involve tension

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yes

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6
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does the sliding o two layers or rock across each other during a mudslide involve tension

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no

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7
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does the rolling of arock along the bottom of a raging river involve tension

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no

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8
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what type of stress is the most significant in causing earthquakes

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shear

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9
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what is a series of low frequency shock waves traveling through the earth called

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earthquake

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10
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do modern seismologists believe that fault and eathquakes are caused by tectonic faults

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yes

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11
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Subduction or collision would most likely be occuring at what kind of boundary

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convergent

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12
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At ______ boundaries, the plate are moving aart

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divergent

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13
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at _______ boundaries plates are coming toward each other

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convergent

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14
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________ boundaries have plates sliding past each otther in opposite directions

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transform

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15
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Do all types of rock when under strain, respond in the same way

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no

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16
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What is the major difference between a fualt and a joint

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A fault is when an opposite sides of the crakc move relative to each other and a joint are the cracks in a rock

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17
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what is acrakc in arock where movement has occure

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faults

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18
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where are most major faults in the United Sates found

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mountian ranges q

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19
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what is a transform fault called

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long strike slip

20
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which of these is true a locked fault must e a dip slip fault. a reverse fault is a type of dep slip fault. a normal fualt is atype of strike slip fault. a transform fualt is atype of dip slip fault

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a reverse fault is a type of dep slip fault

21
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what is the name of the longest strike slip fault in southern california

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san andreas

22
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What are the smaller secondary eathquakes that result from a jamor eathquake called

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aftershocks

23
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do water and cetain types of minerals act as a natural lubricant to prevent a fulat from becoming locked

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yes

24
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does a seismograph include both a seismometera and a device that records or grpahs seismic movements

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yes

25
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a speial geologist who studies the earth’s movements and the structure of interior is called

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seismologists

26
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are the last waves to reach distant seismographs the s waves

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no

27
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what is the fastest body wave

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P waves

28
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what is a body wave that cannot ravel through earth’s core

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S waves

29
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do different types of seismic waves travel only on the earth’s surface

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yes

30
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do different types of seiemic eaves travel through the earth including the core

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yes

31
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Do differeent types of seismic waves travel through the eart but not to the core

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yes

32
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rayleigh waves and love waves are both examples of what type of waves

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surface waves

33
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what is the center of earthquake activity called

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focus

34
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what is the point of earth’s surface above the center of earthquake activity

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epicenter

35
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are only two seismic stations needed to pinpoint anearthquake’s epicenter

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no

36
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do some earthquakes occur along faults that are not tectonic boundaries

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yes

37
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what type of fault do most secular geologists believe could explain how older fossils were placed above younger fossils

A

overthrust

38
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one quake measures 6.0 and another quake measures at 7.0 on the Richter scale. How does the second quake’s intensity compare with that of the first

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31.6 times more energy released

39
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what is the energy of an earthquake called

A

magnitude

40
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what is used to express an earthquakes magnitude

A

Richter scale

41
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Does the richter scale go from 1 to 8

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no

42
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which one of these terms does not belong with the rest modified mercalli intensity moment magnitude richter rayleigh

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rayleigh

43
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Theoretically, could a very intense earthquake be felt by every person on the eath

A

yes

44
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what is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake

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tsunamis

45
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have architects desinged buildings that can withstand and earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0

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yes

46
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are tsumamis often called tidal wavs because they are caused by tides

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no

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