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100 m - ️️The impact, expansion of water after filling the crater, and related seismic activity spawned megatsunamis over how tall? Why is it safe to return to the beach after a tsunami wave first arrives and has already caused damage? - ️️It is not safe to return to the beach because tsunamis consist of several waves Why is Pompeii interesting to study? - ️️a. Because it was buried under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 b. Because it ...

In which direction would longshore drift of sediment occur along this coastline? - ️️Bottom left of the photo Ionic bonding occurs when ______? Please fill in the blank with the best answer choice. - ️️Atoms lose or gain valence electrons to make positively or negatively charged ions that can then bond It is trivial to remove large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere and geologically sequester it. - ️️False A city that is adjacent to a warm ocean current will have ______ mean ye...

Why the outer core is a liquid, but the hotter inner core is solid - ️️Because the inner core is under more pressure What a passive plate margin is - ️️a boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust that is not a plate boundary What a supercontinent is - ️️one big continent with most or all of the land mass What an asperity is - ️️rough spots along the fault prevent the fault from sliding until they are broken What caused the high topography of the Himalayas and Tibet...

How do we know the Washington and Oregon coasts have experienced large numbers of tsunamis? - ️️layers within buried sand deposits along the coast What the Volcano Explosivity Index (VEI) measure? - ️️the amount of ash and rock ejected What type of scale is the VEI? - ️️logarithmic (each magnitude is 10 times larger than the previous) What was one notable effects of 1887 Krakatoa eruption? - ️️the famous Scream painting was inspired by the color change of the sunsets due to th...

Why earthquakes are felt farther away in the eastern US compared to the western US - ️️The crust is more broken up in the west because it is a plate boundary. Why is the interior of the earth layered - ️️Planetary accretion Why is the outer core a liquid? - ️️It is the only layer with a temperature higher than its melting temperature. Why Italy recently sent seismologist to jail - ️️for not predicting the 2009 M6.3 L'Aquila earthquake based on foreshocks. Why the US Geolo...

Quiz 17: Unit 9. Part 1. Question 2. Watch the Unit 9 Part 1 lecture video and answer the following question: Which of the following observations support the idea that our Moon formed from a giant impact? - ️️d. All the above Quiz 18: Unit 9. Part 5. Question 9. Watch the Unit 9 Part 5 lecture video and answer the following question: How do we know there are rings around small asteroids like Chariklo and Chiron and the dwarf planets Haumea? - ️️c. From the manner in which starlight dims...

Physical weathering can best be described as - ️️The process of making large rocks into smaller ones without changing the composition Porosity is: - ️️The measure of open space in a rock or sediment Prediction of future earthquakes is - ️️Is largely given as a statistical probability Rain Shadow deserts will form - ️️Warm air condenses as it rises over topography dropping precipitation on one side of a mountain belt Rigid displacement, rigid rotation, and shape change are all...

What do we call the circular patterns of ocean currents that is driven by the Earth's rotation? - ️️Gyres What feature would not make a fossil useful for determining relative geologic ages? - ️️The species had a very small population What is the controversial name for the period of geological history when humans have been able to significantly alter the planet that has been proposed by some Earth scientists? - ️️Anthropocene What is the key process that causes the ocean crust t...

Coal is a sedimentary rock composed of organic matter and frequently contains plant fossils. Which of the following statements can we infer to be true about the depositional environment in which coal formed? - ️️Coal was originally deposited in a biologically productive terrestrial ecosystem. Coal is composed of fossil organic matter and is used as fuel for many of the power plants in the USA. From which organisms did this organic matter originate? - ️️Plants Coal is produced from bury...

The Earth's mantle is a solid (its temperature is less than its melting temperature). How does it transfer heat from the core toward the surface? - ️️Convection What do you call the location where an ocean plate dives back into the interior of the Earth? - ️️A subduction zone What do you call the location where new oceanic plates are create? - ️️A mid-ocean ridge What do you call the strong outer layer of a planet, containing both crust and cold uppermost mantle, that comprises ...