ESS105 Term 2 Final Exam Questions
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Name the four types of seismic waves, and classify them as body or surface? - ✔✔-P
waves (body)
-S waves (body)
-Love waves (surface)
-Rayleigh waves (surface)
What device is used to record seismic waves around the globe? - ✔✔seismometers
What are the differences between S wave shadows and P wave shadows? - ✔✔S Waves:
Waves are unable to past through core and thus reflect
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, P waves: Are able to pass through earths core and thus refract because they change
speeds when entering core
Define snells law in context of Refraction - ✔✔change in speed=change of direction
What could cause the seismic wave speed changing with depth? - ✔✔- A change in
chemistry or mineral structure
The (blank)sphere is divided into discrete units called (blank) - ✔✔Litho-sphere;
tectonic plates
Define and detail the 3 types of tectonic plate margins - ✔✔Constructive: Plates moving
away from each other
Destructive: Plates moving towards each other
Transformative: Plates moving parallel to each other
What type of plate tectonics form ocean basins - ✔✔Constructive
(Blank) and (Blank) oceanic lithosphere is prone to subduction - ✔✔(Older) and (colder)
List igneous and metmorphic rocks from most stable at earths surface to least -
✔✔Quartz
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Name the four types of seismic waves, and classify them as body or surface? - ✔✔-P
waves (body)
-S waves (body)
-Love waves (surface)
-Rayleigh waves (surface)
What device is used to record seismic waves around the globe? - ✔✔seismometers
What are the differences between S wave shadows and P wave shadows? - ✔✔S Waves:
Waves are unable to past through core and thus reflect
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, P waves: Are able to pass through earths core and thus refract because they change
speeds when entering core
Define snells law in context of Refraction - ✔✔change in speed=change of direction
What could cause the seismic wave speed changing with depth? - ✔✔- A change in
chemistry or mineral structure
The (blank)sphere is divided into discrete units called (blank) - ✔✔Litho-sphere;
tectonic plates
Define and detail the 3 types of tectonic plate margins - ✔✔Constructive: Plates moving
away from each other
Destructive: Plates moving towards each other
Transformative: Plates moving parallel to each other
What type of plate tectonics form ocean basins - ✔✔Constructive
(Blank) and (Blank) oceanic lithosphere is prone to subduction - ✔✔(Older) and (colder)
List igneous and metmorphic rocks from most stable at earths surface to least -
✔✔Quartz
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