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geology terms Test

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the difference in _____ of Pand S waves provides a method for determining the epicenter of an earthquake
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which one of the following regions has the greates amount of seismic activity
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plant release water into the atmosphere through a process called
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along straight stretches the highest velocities of water are near the ___ of the channel, just below the surface
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magnetic minerals lose their magnitism when heated above a certain temperature, called the
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most deep-focus earthquakes occur in association with
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one of the main objections to wegener's hypothesis was his inability to provide an acceptable _____ for contiental drift
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the ateutian, mariana, and tonga islands are examples
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which one of the following is a measure of material's ability to transmit water through interconnected pore spaces
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materials that have been deposited directly by a glacier are called
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the belt from about 105-140 degrees away from an earthquake where no P waves are recorded is known as the
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the most noticeable result of deflation in some places are shallow depressions called
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moraines that form when two valley glaciers coalesce to form a single ice stream are termed
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the function of artificial levees built along a river is to control
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the spreading rate for the mid-atlantic ridge is ___ than the rate for most of the east pacific rise
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most natural water contains the weak acid, ____ acid, which makes it possible for groundwater to dissolve limestone and form cavers
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the amount of damage caused by an earthquake at a specific location is used to determine the intensity of an earthquake in the
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cracks that form in the zone of fracture of a glacier
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the name given by Wegener to the supercontinent he believed existed prior to the current continents was
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the type of plate boundary where plates move together, causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to be consumed into the mantle as it descends beneath an overriding plate, is called
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curie point
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velocities
C.
till
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the circum-pacific belt
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transpiration
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medial moraines
G.
modified mercalli scale
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crevasses
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permeability
J.
mechinism
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convergent boundary
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open trenches
M.
less
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shadow zone
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blowouts
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volcanic island arcs
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center
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pangoea
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flooding
T.
carbonic
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the thickest and most extensive loess deposits occur in western and northern
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the average annual precipitation worldwide must equal the quanity of water
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a thick ice mass that forms over the land from the accumulation compaction and recrystallization of snow
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the theory of plate tectonics holds the earth
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the end moraine that marks the farthest advance of a glacier is called
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The single most important agent sculpting the Earths land surface
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dense rocks like _____ are thought to make up the mantle and provide the lava for oceanic eruptions
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desert streams that carry water only in response to specific episodes of rainfall are said to be
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the capacity of a stream is directly related to its
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a broad ramplike surface of stratified drift built adjacent to the downstream edge of most end moraines

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