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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 hut...

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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 of Lahaina on Maui island, and is a relatively new disaster risk to
the Hawaiian Island chain in addition to ___ and ___ - correct answers
volcanic eruption; earthquake


The decrease in the worldwide fertility rate is likely linked to urbanization and
increased opportunities for women - correct answers True


The ___ of a disaster is the average number of years between same sized
events - correct answers return period


Since the adaptation of waste water systems in urban areas, and with the
advent of science-based medicine, birthrates ___ - correct answers have
changed a little, while death rates have plummited


A natural disaster with a large return period is a low-frequency event - correct
answers True


In the USA, a tornado killing 10 people is less likely than an earthquake killing
10 people - correct answers False

,Hurricane Lee, now approaching our Maritime provinces, began as ___ 13 in
the eastern ___ ocean just above the ___ - correct answers tropical storm;
Atlantic; equator


If we could decrease the global human population, the death toll from natural
disasters would be expected to ___ - correct answers decrease


As of Thursday, September 7, 2023, ___ 13 grew to become named
Hurricane ___, and was predicted to bring heavy rain and dangerous storm
surge to ___ - correct answers tropical storm; Lee; Nova Scotia


Social media misinformation peddlers might have us believe, falsely, that
Earth's early heat came primarily from ___ - correct answers dark energy


Smashing a rock with a hammer into fragments give one the experience of
___ deformation - correct answers brittle


A typical molecule in an oceanic plate gets recycled every ___ years,
approximately - correct answers 200 million


In a collision between oceanic plates, the ___ subducts the ___ - correct
answers older, colder plate; younger, warmer plate


Astronomers theorize how our solar system formed ___ - correct answers by
the gravitational accretion of matter


Earth's magnetic and rotational axes don't necessarily coincide - correct
answers True

, What differentiated Earth into a mantle and core? - correct answers Fe
catastrophe


Below the Curie point of approximately ___ C, Fe-rich minerals align
(magnetize) with Earth's magnetic field - correct answers 550


Storm Daniel crossed Greece, crossed the Sahara desert, and killed
thousands of people in Libya. Why might Daniel be considered an
anthropomorphic (human-made) disaster? - correct answers dam failures due
to negligence and no plan to evacuate citizens


Hurricane Lee struck Nova Scotia having followed the ___ predicted path ___
- correct answers NOAA; almost exactly


The transverse ___ waves apply shear forces to rocks in a direction
perpendicular to their propagation direction - correct answers Love and S


Can the same fault be classified as both a strike-slip and a transform fault? -
correct answers Yes


In normal faulting, the hanging wall moves ___ relative to the footwall - correct
answers down


Sedimentation (deposition following suspension in water) of sand, gravel, and
mud in horizontal layers occurs according to the law of ___ - correct answers
original horizontality


Thursday, Sept 21, we notices an Oklahoma earthquake with a hypocentre of
about 18 km - why don't we think it is associated with oil-filed production? -
correct answers hypocentre too deep, oil production EQs associated with
about 4km

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