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WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW
100
This explains why fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
What is continental drift
100
During transform boundray movement, this allows rock to release energy that causes an earthquake
What is elastic rebound
100
How many intersecting circles does it take to determine an earthquake's epicenter
What is 3
100
This measures bulges in the side of a volcano
What is a tiltmeter
100
A well must be deeper that the level of this
What is the water table
200
These large mountains of ice left grooves in the ground that indicated the direction the continesnts moved
What are glaciers
200
When rock changes shape due to stress, but does not spring back towards its original shape
What is plastic deformation
200
What is the magitude of an earthquake that causes great damage
What is 7.0 or higher
200
Bulging on the side of the volcano indicates this
What is magma pushing against the inside of the volcano
200
Caves form when water dissolves this type of rock
What is limestone
300
The motion of hot magma rising and cooler material sinking
What is convection
300
These cause the most severe earthquakes
What is convergent motions
300
As magnitude increases ay one unit, how much more energy is released
What is 31.7 times more (32)
300
Name one of the two gases that scientists measure when studying volcanic activity
What is carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide
300
This is a type of dripstone that hangs from the ceiling of a cave
What is stalactites
400
This layer of the Earth is denser than the asthenosphere
What is oceanic lithosphere
400
These cause the weakest earthquakes
What is divergent movements
400
How prone an area is to experiencing earthquakes in the future
What is earthquake hazard
400
The Hawiian Islands were formed as a result of this
What are hot spots
400
When stalatites and stalagmites can reach each other and join, they form this,
What is a dripstone column
500
When oceanic lithosphere slides down the lithophere-asthenosphere boundary
What is ridge push
500
The energy that is released from rock travels as this
What is seismic waves
500
This acts as a shock absorber on the bottom of a building to prevent seismic waves from traveling through the boulding
What are base isolators
500
The crack that is formed when plates separate
What is a rift
500
Below the zone of saturation is this type of rock
What is impermeable