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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 1- 8 . Earth as a Unique System
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---7February 2022
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What is the process by which liquid water changes phase to a gas (water vapor)?
Earth's spin generates	. Fill in the blank with the best answer.
What are the major subsystems of Earth?
What phase of water allows chemical reactions?
What part of Earth's atmosphere stops harmful radiation?

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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 2
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---3February 20222021/2022A+
- "When old plates get ""sucked under"" newer tectonic plates, what 
process is operating?" 
"Brittle crust can move, because it rests on top of the	." 
What is the lightest type of crust? 
What is paleomagnetism? 
 
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"The ocean and continental crust that we see is actually submerged. 
Approximately, how much of the crust is typically submerged (deeply
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 1- Earth as a Unique System.
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--3February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
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What is the process by which liquid water changes phase to a gas (water vapor)? 
Earth's spin generates	. Fill in the blank with the best answer. 
What are the major subsystems of Earth? 
What phase of water allows chemical reactions? 
What part of Earth's atmosphere stops harmful radiation?
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 8 Thrust Faulting.
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--2February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- Thrust faults and reverse faults are very similar. They are only different in what way? 
Where would you expect to experience an earthquake from thrust faulting? 
What type of faulting would you expect to produce mountain chains?
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 6
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--2February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- What stress creates normal faulting? 
Central Arizona has metamorphic core complexes that formed by isostacy (rising up of Earth's crustal material in response to thnning of the crust above. This type of rising up is exemplified a mountain range very close to Tempe (to our southwest). What is the name of this metamorphic core complex? 
Grabens are	and horsts are	. Instructions: fill in the blank with the best answer. 
What stress creates strike-slip faulting? 
What is an earthquake that occurs...
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GPH 111 / GPH11 Quiz 5
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--3February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- Plate tectonic subduction has zones of friction where tectonic plates rub together to melt the rock. The melted rock exists as magma chambers deep within the earth -- underneath mountain ranges -- called	. 
What are laccoliths? 
What are sills? 
What are dikes?
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 4
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--2February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- This volcano is composed of different types of lava flows and ash 
deposits, has steep slopes on its sides, and is typically several thousands 
of feet tall. What is the name of this volcano? 
Rhyolite lava is characterized by	.	Instructions: fill in the blank with the best answer. 
You are visiting Hawaii. You see a black lava flow, and it has a smooth ropey surface. You tell your traveling buddy correctly that this lava texture is called	. 
The term viscosity describes what aspect of magma? ...
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 7
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--2February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- What is strike-slip faulting? 
What type of a fault is the San Andreas fault? 
Earthquakes are listed as a cause of death in the United States. When 
averaged out over several years, what causes more deaths than 
earthquakes? 
What landforms would you expect to see along the San Andreas and 
other strike-slip fault zones? 
 
What type of fault is the Anatolia fault in Turkey?
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GPH 111 / GPH111 Quiz 3 Earth Materials .
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--3February 20222021/2022A+Available in bundle
- What is meant by the term "clastic" when describing a sedimentary rock? 
 
What is meant by the term ""felsic"" when describing an igenous rock? 
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What are the different types of rocks? 
What is an example of a metamorphic rock? 
 
What characterizes sedimentary rocks?
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