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This document contains a comprehensive set of practice final exam questions and answers for EOSC 114. It covers major course topics including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, hurricanes, weather hazards, waves, plate tectonics, mass extinctions, and geological processes.

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If you were sitting in a kayak (NOT paddling) in the middle of False Creek (depth=5 m)
on a day when the wind had generated 6-metre long waves, what motion would you
and your kayak undergo as the waves pass by? Assume there is no current.


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I would make a circular motion, without net displacement.




Which of the following volcanic HAZARDS is the most likely to kill people, plants, and
animals?


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pryoclastic flow

,In slope stability analyses, the effective stress is ____


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- intergranualr stress
- the grain to contact forces resulting in frictional strength
- the nromal stress minus any pore water pressures




Based on the map of SW British Columbia below, we can conclude that earthquake
intensity in Richmond is likely higher than that in Vancouver because ______.


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Richmond is underlain by less consolidated rock




The strength of a slope is INCREASED by which of the following?


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cohesion




Folds are ______


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, plastic deformation in response to a compressive stress




Which of the following is the LEAST likely location for a volcano?


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transform plate boundaries




What type of volcanic landform is MOST commonly associated with Hawaiian mafic
volcanism?


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shield volcano




Pre-eruption seismicity is caused by ______.


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rocks breaking




Which of the following mitigation strategies DISSIPATES or SCATTERS wave energy
while still allowing sediment transport?


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