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EARTHQUAKE - correct answers The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface. P WAVES - correct answers A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. Travels through solid, liquid, or gas love waves - correct answers moves back and forth in a zigzag pattern Rayleigh waves - correct answers p waves that intersect the surface and moves like ripples in a pond. How to determine epicenter using seismographs? - correct answers first arrival of...

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What is exponential growth? - correct answers Growth that occurs as a constant percentage of the existing amount What is uniformitarianism? - correct answers A concept that states that present processes operated in the past, at similar rates Why is human population growth often considered the biggest global environmental problem? - correct answers Increasing population strains resources and creates additional waste How are the impacts of natural hazards linked to population growth? - co...

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area of Canada - correct answers 9,970,610 km² Oldest Known Rock - correct answers Acasta gneiss (Zircon U-Pb age), Slave province NWT Yilgran Craton (Aus) - 4.4 Ga Canada has a large core of old crystalline rocks called ___. - correct answers north american craton Terrane - correct answers refers to a fault bounded crustal block typically thousands of km² in extent superterrane - correct answers several terranes bounded together Craton - correct answers old and stable continen...

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Water Oil - correct answers Oil will float on ____, and natural gas will be on top of the ___ Water is impounded behind a dam. Water flows through pipes by gravity. Gravity-fed water turns turbines (generators). Electricity is produced. - correct answers List the steps from beginning (at the top) to final production of electricity by hydroelectric dams Iron Copper Nickel Zinc Lead - correct answers Select all examples of base metals from choices below Reservoir - correct answers...

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Fossils - correct answers are evidence of ancient life in sedimentary rocks. index fossil - correct answers is a very short-lived, geographically widespread fossil species known to exist during a specific period of geologic time. True - correct answers Scientists used various techniques to date the age of Earth before the discovery of radioactivity. correlating - correct answers When a geologist attempts to match up two different sections of rock according to time, he or she is ________...

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We consider both mineral resources and energy resources to be _____________ resources, many of which have a geologic origin. - correct answers natural What type of stresses are largely responsible for the folds which trap oil and gas in the Arabian Peninsula? - correct answers Compressional The eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula shown in this cross section subsided because of ____________ faulting. (The cross section runs southwest to northeast.) - correct answers reverse Hydrocarbon...

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4.6 billion - correct answers Earth formed about ___ _____ years ago. homo sapiens - correct answers ___ _____ appeared on the Earth between 300,000 and 150,000 years ago. changed past - correct answers The Earth has ____ throughout time. Understanding ___ events will help us predict future events. relevant - correct answers All past events are _____ to our lives today. Geology - correct answers the study of the earth- deals with Earth materials, processes, and the history of the Ear...

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mineral - correct answers a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition -anything that is not grown or from a living animal is made from this rocks - correct answers made up of one or more minerals igneous - correct answers rock formed from cooled magma or lava metamorphic - correct answers A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. *fluids, temp, pressure* sedime...

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acupan - correct answers Within the Baguio District, where can you find the bonanza deposits occur within the brecciaed rim of the Balaoc plug. a. Mankayan c. Ilogon-Suyoc b. Acupan d. None of the above All of the above - correct answers Numerous occurrences of porphyry-type mineralization that have been identified. a. Zambales deposit c. Marinduque deposit b. Sipalay, Negros deposit d. All of the above vein type - correct answers The copper deposits of Lepanto consolidated mining ...

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Petroleum exploration needs huge up-front capital investment and has great risk of drilling dry holes which could lead to business failure. Risk analysis in petroleum geology to reduce such risks has the following five components: - correct answers source rock, reservoir rock, structural trap, seal and timing The four levels of petroleum investigation proceed in the following order: - correct answers Sedimentary basin, petroleum system, play, prospect Plate tectonics is important in petrol...

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When thinking about the cosmos, it is easy to be overwhelmed by its immense scale. Let's start by putting everything into context according to scale. Order the following terms, starting with the largest and progressing to the smallest. - correct answers diameter of universe diameter of milky way one light year diameter of solar system one astronomical unit diameter of moons orbit It is important to remember that everything in the night sky appeared at different times. Stars are born a...

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