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semester 2 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a tsunami? | a series of waves |
| what is a horn made of? | granite |
| who proposed plate tectonics? | Alfred Wegener |
| What is a seismograph? | measures the streagth of earhquakes |
| Where is Magma? | in the Earth |
| Where is Lava? | above ground |
| What is angle of repose? | highest angle it can mount to |
| How much land do glaciers cover? | 10% |
| what are the 5 oceans? | Indian, pacific, atlantic, artic, and southern |
| how long does it take to make a glacier? | hundreds of thousands of years |
| what is talus a result of? | weathering |
| what is ocean primaraly made of? | Basalt |
| how do earthquakes injure people? | debris |
| what are the 3 types of earthquakes? | P-wave , S-wave , Surface waves |
| Sheild volcano? | biggest |
| cinder cone volcano? | smallest |
| mid-atlantic ridge? | divergent |
| sea floor spreading? | divergent boundry |
| volcanic island arcs are? | hot spots |
| where are hot spots found? | Hawaii |