EXAM Flashcards
0
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Types of earthquake waves…
A
Body waves and primary waves and secondary waves and surface waves
1
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Earthquakes are preceded by…
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Foreshocks and aftershocks
2
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What do you use to locate an earthquake??
A
You use an epicenter
3
Q
How is magnitude measured??
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Using a Richter scale
4
Q
Who published the origin of continents and oceans?
A
Alfred wegener
5
Q
What was the evidence used by wegener?
A
South America and Africa fit
Fossils match
Rock types match
Ancient climates
6
Q
What is beneath the lithosphere?
A
The asthenosphere
7
Q
What are some types of plate boundaries?
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Divergent plate boundaries
Convergent plate boundaries
Oceanic continental convergence
8
Q
How are hot spots and mantle plumes made?
A
They are caused by rising plumes of mantel material
