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28 Cards in this Set
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65. Made mostly of various rock particles
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cinder cone
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66. Hawaiian Islands
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shield volcanoes
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67. Mt. St. Helen
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composite volcano
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68. Produces the largest volcanoes
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shield volcanoes
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69. which of the volcanoes has a gentle slopes
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shield volcanoes
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70. Steep sides and narrow base
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cinder cone
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71. Little or no lava flow
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cinder cone
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72. form from explosive type of volcanoes
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composite volcano
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73. composed mainly of runny lava flows
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shield volcanoes
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86. very hot fast moving cloud of volcanic dust and debris that can cover nearby cities
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pyroclastic flow
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87. what type of volcano is black butte in northern california
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cinder
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88. what type of volcano is Mt. Shasta in Northern California
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composite
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89. how much stronger is a 7.0 earthquake compared to a 4.0 earthquake
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1,000 times
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90. A bend in a rock layer
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fold
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91. The usually smaller earthquakes that occur after a larger quake
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aftershock
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96. explain the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake
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the focus is underground where the earthquake actually happened and the epicenter is directly above it on the surface
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97. Describe 4 types of volcanic particles released by the eruption of a typical cinder cone volcano, include the size and everyday object that fits its size
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dust less than .25 flour
ash .25 - 5mm rice cinder 3mm - 5mm golf ball bomb 3m - a house house |
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105-107. Name 3 types of earthquake seismographs
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Richter scale
Moment magnitude Mercalli scale |
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108. Which scale is most widely used today
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Richter scale
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101.-103. What are the 3 types of stress
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compression
tension shearing |
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Name the 5 characteristics of a S wave
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wave length crest resting point
trough amplitude |
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What are the 3 characteristics of a P wave
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compression
rarefraction wave length |
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105-107 Name the 3 terms that describe a volcanoes eruption status
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active
dormant extinct |
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109. Fault
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A break in a rock layer
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110. Tsunami
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A large water wave caused by an undersea earthquake
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98. What type of stress for a geologic structure Fault Block Mt.
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compression
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99. What type of stress for Rift Valley
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tension
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100. What type of stress for Anticline and Syncline
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shearing
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