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Infamous Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Help
Introduction to Earthquakes You’re going about your normal daily routine when suddenly, something is not quite right. It may be frighteningly obvious, like watching your shelves emptied by a sudden violent shaking that stops just as mysteriously as it began. ...
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Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains Study Guide
Introduction The key to the workings of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains is the theory of plate tectonics. Most of the action occurs at the edges of plates, the margins at which they slide, bump, and collide. What causes earthquakes and volcanoes? How are ...
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Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains Practice Questions
Review the following concepts: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains Practice Questions 1. Of the different kinds of margins (edges) between plates, which kind is usually of ...
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Earthquake Practice Test
If necessary, review: Infamous Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Help Types of Earthquakes ...
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Types of Earthquakes Help
Types Of Earthquakes The earth’s crust is divided into eight major chunks (plates) and a lot of minor plates. In the Pacific Northwest, there are two main plates that affect earthquake activity significantly. Oregon, Washington, and ...
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Earthquake Faults Help
Faults The sudden slip that is an earthquake takes place after a gradual buildup of stress inside the Earth. Rocks, under enough pressure, reach a breaking point. Think of the weakest link idea, where in weakened places, increasing rock stress ...
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Earthquake Epicenters and Hypocenters Help
Hypocenters Vs. Epicenters The hypocenter of an earthquake is the point at which the earthquake slip starts. Since earthquakes are usually caused by tectonic activity, hypocenters are always located at some depth underground.
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Seismic Measurements Help
Seismic Measurement When a fault cracks, it causes deformation of surface features. For example, when someone builds a road, railroad, pole line, or fence line across a fault, they may be surprised when they come back after an earthquake, to ...
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Seismic Waves Help
Seismic Waves Today’s digital seismic monitoring instruments use waveforms to record and analyze seismic data. They give information not only on local seismic activity, but also earthquakes at far distant locations. When the Chilean ...
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