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University of Calgary Geophysics 375 Midterm Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct

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  • University of Calgary Geophysics 375 Midterm Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct Chemical Composition - correct answers What the Earth is made of Rheology - correct answers How the material of the Earth strains under stress Stress - correct answers Force per area Compression - correct answers Stress perpendicular to surface resulting in contraction Tension - correct answers Stress perpendicular to surface resulting in extension Shear - correct answers Stress parallel to s...
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  • Quiz 4.2 Question and answers already passed seasonal wind shift - correct answers the definition of the word monsoon means? el nino events - correct answers pooling of unusually warm water in the eastern tropical pacific uneven heating of the earths surface. - correct answers Horizontal variations in air pressure cause a force which makes the wind blow. These pressure variations are caused by its pressure gradient - correct answers the overall strength of a circulation system is de...
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  • Oceanography Chapter 16: MC Question and answers already passed The ___ Form of marine community distribution is the most common one found in nature - correct answers Clumped All of the following could be a member of a rocky intertidal marine community except for the ____. - correct answers Yellow-fin tuna An organism that has a narrow tolerance for changes in environmental water salinity is said to be ____, while an organism that can adapt to a wide range of temperatures is said to be...
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  • Module 4 Question and answers rated A+ Before a mine can be built or operated.. - correct answers a mineral deposit must be located and evaluated. The process of finding and evaluating mineral deposits is the business of mineral exploration. Mineral Exploration - correct answers The search for mineral or rock occurrences that have the potential of being a mineral deposit. Exploration also includes the evaluation of such occurrences for their size, shape, grade, and economic potential ...
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  • GOPH Ch 11-13 Question and answers already passed What is the flood of floods? - correct answers Alberta 2013 Found its way to Bow river affected Medicine Hat and southern Saskatchewan What contributed to the 2013 Calgary flood? - correct answers human element, more people and infrastructure on flood plain climactic changes, more rainfall What is the trend for floods in Canada? - correct answers Increasing through 20th century But too early to see trends for 21st century What ...
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GOPH 375 - Midterm 1 Questions with complete solution

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  • GOPH 375 - Midterm 1 Questions with complete solution Natural disaster - correct answers Extreme natural events in which a large amount of energy is released in a short time with catastrophic consequences for life and infrastructure in the vicinity Frequency - correct answers The number of occurrences in a given length of time Frequency = ... (equation) - correct answers 1/period Return period - correct answers The length of time between similar events Period = ... (equation) - c...
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GOPH 375 - Midterm 1 Question and answers 100% correct

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  • GOPH 375 - Midterm 1 Question and answers 100% correct "___ growth" is a kind of mathematical curve that best fits the human population data from the past several centuries - correct answers exponential World wide, and as we noticed just last week in Canada, glaciers ___ leaving research huts, artifacts, and ancient drainage surfaces exposed - correct answers retreat due to atmospheric warming Wildfire, possibly due to power lines downed under high winds, burned most of the town ...
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GOPH 375 - Chapter 6 Question and answers correctly solved

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  • GOPH 375 - Chapter 6 Question and answers correctly solved Volcanic weather refers to _______________________. - correct answers the heavy rainfall triggered by steam blown high into the atmosphere where it cools and condenses The majority Earth's volcanic activity occurs in which of the following tectonic settings? - correct answers Spreading centres The jokulhaup that occurred in 1996 in Iceland _________________________. - correct answers melted part of the ice cap, releasing a f...
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  • GOPH 375 TERM TEST 2 Question and answers already passed Cascadia Zone Seismicity - correct answers crustal, interplate, megathrust, and intraslab earthquakes crustal events - correct answers more common than interplate EQs (in overriding plate more common, less in subducting) intraslab EQs - correct answers happen in the top of the subducting plate Megathrust EQ cycle - correct answers a. interseismic period b. coseismic period interseismic period - correct answers elastic defo...
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GOPH 375 Question and answers 100% correct

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  • GOPH 375 Question and answers 100% correct Earth's Internal Energy - correct answers Earthquake Tsunami Volcano What are energy sources of natural disasters? (Click all that apply) A. Gravity B. Solar Energy C. Wind Energy D. Wave Energy - correct answers A. Gravity B. Solar Energy C. Wind Energy The main source of earth's internal energy is - correct answers Heat generated by radioactive decay retrofitting a hospital to better withstand ground shaking during an ear...
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