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Summative 1 Flashcards

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1
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Elements found in Continental Crust

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Si, O, Al, Ca, Na, and K

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*Named after Augustus Edward Hough Love. It has a horizontal motion that is transverse to the direction the wave is travelling and is considered to be the fastest surface wave and moves the ground from side to side.
*Cause most damage
*fastest surface wave

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Love-wave

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3
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Continental Crust that has a density of?

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2.7 g/cm^3

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4
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7 Minor Plates (CNPJASC)

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Carribean
Nazca
Philippine
Juan de Fuca
Arabian
Scotia
Cocos

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Layers of the litosphere
(from outside to inside)

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1.) Crust
2.) Mantle
3.) Outer core
4.) Inner Core

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Oceanic Crust that has a thickness of?

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7-10km

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*“shear waves”
*secondary wave

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S-wave

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The area where an earthquake occurs or where the surface slipped

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Fault

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9
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Type of crust that forms the land

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Continental Crust

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10
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Consist of crust and the upper mantle

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Litosphere

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*“compressional waves”
*transmits through gases, liquids, solids
*travels faster than others
*first signal from an earthquake to be felt

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P-wave

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12
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Scientist who study earthquakes

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Seismologist

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*The thinnest and outermost layer of the Earth
*Extends 32km
*thickness extends to 72km

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Crust

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The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts

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Hypocenter or Focus

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15
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The study of earthquakes

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Seismology

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Continental Crust that has less dense rocks called?

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“granite”

17
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*The shaking and trembling of the Earth’s crust caused by a sudden release of energy.
*It occurs when rocks along a certain fault line suddenly move

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Earthquake

18
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Oceanic Crust that has a density of?

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2.9 g/cm^3

19
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Types of seismic waves

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*Body waves
*Surface waves

20
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The location directly above focus on the surface of the earth

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Epicenter

21
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Two types of Crust

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Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust

22
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Types of surface waves

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*Love-wave
*Rayleigh Wave

23
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*Move in an elliptical motion, producing both vertical and horizontal motions. This moves the ground up and down and side to side in the same direction that the wave is moving. It is named after Lord Rayleigh.
*Moves in elliptical motion

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Rayleigh wave

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Types of Body Waves

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*P-Wave
*S-wave

25
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Continental Crust that has a thickness of?

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35-40km

26
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7 Major Plates

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Pacific
African
Eurasian
South American
North American
Australian
Antartic

27
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Types of crust that has younger rocks
(less than 200 million years)

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Oceanic Crust

28
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Oceanic Crust that has denser rocks called?

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“Basalt”

29
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Type of crust that found in ocean floor

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Oceanic crust

30
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Energy that is released, carried by vibration

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Seismic waves

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