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Geosphere Flashcards

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Solid earth, not static

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Geosphere

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2
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constant state of motion

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surface

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composition

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structure

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4
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rocky outmost layer, most abundnat

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crust

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types of crust

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Continental oceanic

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Continental

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Thucj but less dense, 1/3 of earth. silicate

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Oceanic

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Thinner but denze. basalt, silicate and magnesium

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Thickest, middle part, 84% of earyj

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Mantle

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rigid and solid, some regions are malleable

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Upper

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10
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where lithosphere and asthenosphere is

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Upper mantle

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11
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denser and thicker mantle

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Lower mantle

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12
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solid part

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Lithosphere

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13
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dense, plasticity, causes plate tec

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Asthenosphere

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14
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center, has iron and nickel

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Core

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15
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Liquid iron and nickel, very low viscocity, site of convection

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Outer

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16
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hot, dense ball of mostly solid iron

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Inner core

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17
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Layer boyndaries

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Mohorovicic, Repetty, Gutenberg, Lehmann

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18
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Crust and upper mantle discontinuity

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Mohorovicic

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19
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Upper and lower mantle

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Repetti

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20
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mantle core discontinuuty

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Gutenberg

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21
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inner corr and oyter core

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Lehmann

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22
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studt of rocks

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Petrology

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23
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compacted for years and years

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Sedimentary

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24
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types of sedimentary rocks

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Clastic, Chemical, Organic

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25
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organic matter

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organic

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26
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dissolved chemicals

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chemical

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27
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charchoal

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clastic

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28
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made from volcanic activity

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Igneous rocks

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29
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types of igneaous rocks

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intrusive extrusive

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30
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slowly

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intrusive or plutonic

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31
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volcanic rocks, cool quickly like granites and obsedian

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extrusive

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32
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transformation of other rocks

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Metamorphic rocks or metamorphism

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33
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metamorphic rocks types

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foliated or non-foliated

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34
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has layers

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Foliated

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35
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no layers or lines

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non-foliated

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36
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comes out from rocks surface

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Igneous

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37
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naturally occuring is norganif solid materials

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Minerals

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38
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color of mineral when powdered

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streak

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39
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measurement of strength

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Hardness

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40
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Property of rock breaks to plat plane

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Cleavage

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41
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break along irregular surfaces

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Fracture

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42
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shineness

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Luster

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43
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ratio of weight the mineral gas to equal water

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Specific gravity

44
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less than specifuc gravity

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Floats

45
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more than

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Sinks

46
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identify some minerals thru its taste

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Taste

47
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Process that deforms earths crust

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Tectonics

48
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move around on top of asthenosphere

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Tectonic plate

49
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1912bby alfred wegener

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Continental druft theory

50
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continent original

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Pangaea

51
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2 parts of Pangaea

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Laurasia and Gondwana

52
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Evidences of Continental Drifttheory

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Puzzle piece, Presence of Fossils, Patterns of Land, Rocks of same age across

53
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Types of tectonic plate movement

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Divergent, Convergent, Transform

54
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moves away

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Divergent

55
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makes faylt or mid ocean ridges and seafloor spreading

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Divergent

56
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move towards

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Convergent

57
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mountain ridges

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Continental

58
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Plates slide

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Transform boundary

59
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earthquake

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transform

60
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makes mountain ridges and levels the land

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Continental-Continental

61
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the older goes down, trenches

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Oceanic oceanic

62
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oceanic subducts

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continental-oceanic

63
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Where do tsubamis happen

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convergent and divergent boundaries

64
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mechanical waves

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Seismic waves

65
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Types of Seismic waves

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Body waves and Surface waves

66
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arrives before surface waves

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Body waves

67
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two types of body waves

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primary wave and secondary wave

68
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fastest. fast in solid slow in liquid

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P wave

69
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cannot travel thru liquid

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S wave

70
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On earths surface

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Surface waves

71
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horizontal and vertical plane

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Rayleigh wave

72
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back and forth vibration

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Love wave

73
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anoung of damage

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Intensity

74
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strength of earthquake

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Magnitude

75
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buildings should be earthquake proof

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Building code of the PH

76
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Geomorphic processes types

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Exogenous/Graduational and Degradation processes

77
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breakage of rocks

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Weathering

78
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breakage of soul

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soil erosion

79
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avalanche, mud slides

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Mass wasting

80
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dysortition

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Aggradation process

81
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Endogenous process

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create

82
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deformation

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Diastrophic Forces

83
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Folding vs faulting

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tension and compressional
makes mountains and ruptures
folding has twi parts anticline syncline
hinahati anv lupa

84
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Faulting types

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normal reverse strikeslip

85
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Eperiogrnic proceesses

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warping of large crust. vertical movements

86
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eruption of molten rock onto earths surface

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Volcanism

87
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geo hazards of volcanism

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Earthquake, Ground rupture, Liquefaction, Landslides, Tsunami

88
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where movement of body wave starts

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Hypocenter or focys

89
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above the ground, surface waves hit

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Epicenter

90
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where the epicenter is

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Meeting point

91
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tearing of grounds surface

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Ground rupture

92
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scale of intensity

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Vercalis

93
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scale of magnitude

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Richter

94
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loosely pacjed water saturated oil looses strength

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Liquefaction

95
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Earthquake induced landslide

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downwardvmovement of soil

96
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Tsunami meaning

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harbor tsu
wave nami in japanese

97
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shaking from ground divergent and convergent

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Tsunami

98
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Winds

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storm surge

99
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Been waited

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Manila bay fault

100
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mixtures or rocks and glass particles

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Volcanic ash and Tephra

101
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indonesan term for volcanic mudflow

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Lahar

102
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lava flows

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Pyroclastic Density Current

103
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Ecologicak solid waste management act of 2000 ( RA 9003)

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solid waste

104
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Mid ocean ridge

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Divergent Oceanic Oceanic

105
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Trench

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Convergent Oceanic Cobvergent

106
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mountain ranges

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Convergent conti conti

ELS 1 (4 decks)

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