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12 Cards in this Set
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TRUE or FALSE: Oceanic lithosphere is weaker than continental lithosphere due to the presence of wet rocks under the ocean.
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False
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TRUE or FALSE: Earthquake intensity or violence is estimated from measurements of the energy released during an earthquake.
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False
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TRUE or FALSE: Strain is the magnitude of a force applied over an indicated area.
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False
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Which of the following terms would you use to describe folded rocks?
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anticlines and synclines
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Rocks west of the San Andreas Fault in California are moving north relative to rocks on the opposite side of the fault. What type of fault is it?
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right-lateral strike-slip fault
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A fault would be called an oblique-slip fault WHEN it exhibits combined strike-slip and dip-slip motion.
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The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
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Which of the following rocks is most likely to undergo plastic deformation?
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Marble
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Which of the following rocks is most likely to undergo brittle deformation?
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Granite
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The Basin and Range region of the southwest United States formed as a result of:
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Tension
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Why do earthquakes rarely occur deeper than 15 km?
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The deformation below 15 km is plastic.
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If you were home during an earthquake and the heavy furniture in your house was moved by the shaking, you experienced an intensity of:
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6
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Metallic ore minerals precipitate as water moves toward the surface along faults BECAUSE hot water dissolves more metal ions than cold water.
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ALL CORRECT
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