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What is the distance to an earthquake with a travel time of 6:20?
3200
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What causes the planetary winds?
The uneven heating of Earth's surface.
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What is the rate of rotation of the Earth?
15 degrees/hour
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What latitude has no seasons?
The equator
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What agent is behind all erosion?
Gravity
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What is the travel time of an s wave that is 4400 km away from the epicenter?
13:40
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Are there clouds in a high pressure system?
NO
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How many days does it take to complete one cycle of moon phases?
29.5 days
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When is the longest day of the year?
June 21st
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What is the number one agent of erosion?
Streams
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What is the pressure at a depth of 4000km?s
2.4 million atmospheres
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What is a front?
A boundary between two air masses.
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When does the Earth revolve the fastest?
Winter
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Where is the tropic of Capricorn?
23.5 degrees south
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What are the characteristics of an object that obsorbs the most energy?
Black, and rough
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What is the P-Wave travel time if the distance to the epicenter is 1000km and the time of origin is 7:24:20?
2:10
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What kind of front moves faster?
Cold Front
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In what solar system model is the sun the center?
Heliocentric Model
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What pole tilts toward the sun in summer?
The North pole
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What are the climate conditions of the leeward side of the mountain?
warm and dry
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What is the composition of the inner core?
Iron, nickel
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Isobars that are close together indicate that the winds are moving.......
fast
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Does Earth revolve clockwise or counterclockwise?
Counterclockwise
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When are the coldest months?
January, February
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How many seismometer stations are needed to locate an epicenter?
3
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