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| What theory explains the motions of earth's continents over time? | Continental Drift
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| Who first developed the idea that continents were moving? | Alfred Wegner
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| List the Earth's internal layers from inside to outside. | Core, Mantle, Crust
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| what type of plate boundaries occur along the west coast of the United States when the Pacific plate grinds past the North American Plate? | transform
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| what kind of boundary forms when ocean crust is pushed under continental crust during a subduction? | subduction zone
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| identify the type of folded rock layer that bends downwards and has younger rock layers in the core (center). | syncline
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| During a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall. What type of stress causes this? | compaction
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| what type of seismic waves are the fastest moving? | Primary (p) waves
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| P-waves, S-waves, and L-waves are also known as what? | seismic waves
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| What may an undersea earthquake cause? | tsunami
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| What is the rating system that is used to measure energy released during an earthquake called? | Magnitude
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| what is the place inside the earth where the energy of an earthquake is centered called? | Focus
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| what instrument is used to record and measure earthquakes? | seismograph
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| what is the location on the earth's surface directly above the place where an earthquake occurs called? | epicenter
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| The forcefulness of an eruption of a volcano is mostly dependant on what? | silica content
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| which type of volcano is a steep sided mountain composed of alternating layers of lava and tephra? | composite
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| which type of volcano sometimes erupts violently, forming a layer of tephra and sometimes erupts quieter forming a layer of lava? | composite
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| which volcano is a small steep sided cone formed from tephra, usually short- lived | cindercone
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