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12 Cards in this Set
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P Waves |
The faster type of seismic waves |
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S Waves |
The slower type of seismic waves; can only travel through solids |
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3 |
The number of seismograph stations needed to plot an earthquake |
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Ocean Crust |
Thin, more dense |
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Ocean Crust is made of... |
Basalt |
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Continental Crust |
Think, less dense |
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Continental Crust is made of... |
Granite |
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The farther away from the mid ocean ridge... |
The older the rock |
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Where do earthquakes and volcanoes occur? |
At plate boundaries |
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What is the driving force of plate motion? |
Convection |
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Can we predict earthquakes to save lives? |
NO! |
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Folding, Faulting, and Tilting |
Evidence of crustal change |
