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True or False: S waves are compression waves
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False, they are shear waves, results from forces pushing in opposite
directions o either side of an imaginary line.
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True or False: P waves are shear waves
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False, they are compression waves, positive stress that causes shortening
(reverse or thrust faults)
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Can S waves move through solids, liquids, or both?
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S waves can only travel through solids
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Can P waves move through solids, liquids, or both?
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P waves move through both solids and liquids
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True or False: P waves move material perpendicular to direction of travel
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False
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Does the Richter Scale record the amplitude of the s-wave or p-wave?
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S-wave
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Do seismic waves indicate that the inner core is a) solid, or b) liquid?
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A) solid
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True or False: a break along a fault is responsible for creating earthquakes
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True
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An anticline is a fold in which ___ rocks are at the center, and ___ rocks are at the edge
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Old, young
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_____ is when stress is applied and an object deforms. When released, the object stays deformed.
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Plastic Stress
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_____ is when stress is applied and an object deforms. When released, the object returns to its original shape.
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Elastic stress
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A ____ fault is movement due to compression
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Reverse
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_____ drainage patterns of streams often develop on rocks that have two directions of jointing at approximately right angles
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Rectangular
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__ is volume divided by time
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Q
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____ is the process by which water moves into the pore spaces of soil, rock, or sediment.
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Infiltration
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