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EOSC 114 Landslides Exam Questions and Correct Answers Which landslide type may cause a significant amount of damage, while posing a low threat to life? A. creep B. debris flow C. quick clay flow D. rock fall E. massive rock avalanche - Answer- A. creep Sturzstroms are a combination of which two landslide types? A. topples and slumps B. falls and slumps C. falls and translational slides D. topples and falls E. translational slides and topples - Answer- C. falls and translati...

EOSC 114 Storms Exam Questions with All Correct Answers When a parcel of air is warmed and its temperature increases from 10 to 15 °C ______. - Answer- its sensible heat increases Which statement is FALSE for saturated air? - Answer- Vapor pressure equals mixing ratio. Towering cumulus clouds are officially known as _________. - Answer- cumulus congestus In a thunderstorm, which is TRUE? - Answer- Positive charge dominates in the anvil. Arc clouds are caused by ____. - Answer- g...

EOSC 114 Volcanoes Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Which statement about volcanic hazards is FALSE - Answer- bombs and blocks affect areas up to 1000km away from a volcano What is the most significant hazard in the BC area across the border from Sumas association with an eruption from Mt. Baker? - Answer- lahar Which statement is TRUE - Answer- pyroclastic flows travel faster than lahars Which has the lowest viscosity - Answer- water Which of the following does NOT contribu...

EOSC 114 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+ Standard Units for Time Distance Mass Density Order of Mag. - Answers Time - Seconds Distance - Meters Mass - Kilogram Density - kg/m-3 Order of Magnitude - Power of 10. (A order of magnitude is 10x bigger, two orders is 100x bigger etc) Stratification + Examples? - Answers Denser items will sink lower than less dense items. This layer is stratification Atmosphere- Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesophere, Stratosphere, Troposphe...

EOSC 114 - Earthquakes (EQ) Exam Questions with Correct Answers The vast majority of earthquakes occur at the ___________of Earth's tectonic plates. - Correct Answer The vast majority of earthquakes occur at the *margins* of Earth's tectonic plates. Transform boundary experiences ___________. Divergent boundary experiences ___________. Convergent boundary experiences ___________. ※The blanks are types of forces - Correct Answer Transform boundary experiences shear. Divergent bounda...

kilo 10^3 mega 10^6 Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:02 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More giga 10^9 tera 10^12 c 10^-2 milli 10^-3 micro 10^-6 nano 10^-9 SI unit for time second a annum (1 year) age of the Earth 4.57 Ga time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for EARTHQUAKES years; minutes time scale of build up and...

1) Explain how waves move matter and energy Normal Waves Waves transport energy. There are Body (P and S) waves or surface (Rayleigh and love) waves. They are various speeds. Medium/matter (rock or ground) moves as waves pass, but there is ZERO NET MOTION 1) Explain how waves move matter and energy Ocean Waves Transport energy through water (medium/matter). Similar to surface Rayleigh waves, move at various speeds. Water moves as waves pass, but net motion is ZERO. Generated by ...

1st, 2nd, and 3rd most common elements in the earth core iron, nickel, oxygen 1st, 2nd, and 3rd most common elements in the earth crust oxygen, silicon, aluminum Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More 1st, 2nd, and 3rd most common elements in the ocean oxygen, hydrogen, chlorine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd most common elements in the atmosphere nitrogen, oxygen, argon how does density re...

What is the SI Standard for time -what are other non-SI time units seconds non-si: minute, hour, day year, milennium What are some disasters caused by an initial cause that has a longer release than build up? earthquake --> tsunami, min to build up, hours to release thunderstorm --> floods, hours to build up, days to release others: storm surges and lahars Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen B...