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Question 1 2 out of 2 points A rope or spring propagating an “S” shaped wave after shaking it is representative of what type of earthquake wave? Selected Answer: seconda ry  Question 2 ... 2 out of 2 points Tight folding in sedimentary rocks Selected Answer: must have occurred before lithification  Question 3 2 out of 2 points Choose the false statement regarding the events of the eruption of Mount St. Helens Selected Answer: lava flows blocked the flow of the Toutle River  Question 4 2 out of 2 points Uniformitarianism can be summed up as: Selected Answer: The present is the key to the past  Question 5 2 out of 2 points If you drive through a road cut and see sedimentary layers folded in the shape of an arch, it would be called a(n) Selected Answer: anticlin e  Question 6 2 out of 2 points Carbon-14 decays into which element? Selected Answer: Nitroge n  Question 7 0 out of 2 points Catastrophists held to all of the following ideas EXCEPT: Selected Earth is This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-09-2022 15:19:24 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/49554234/PHSC-210-quiz-3docx/ Answer: ancient  Question 8 0 out of 2 points In what types of fault does the hanging wall move at a low angle over the foot wall? Selected Answer: norm al  Question 9 2 out of 2 points Based on the outside reading, scientists from the RATE team discovered that the loss of helium from small crystals (zircons) can be used as a “clock”. Ages of granites from this method were: Selected Answer: 4000 years  Question 10 2 out of 2 points Which scientist developed many of the basic rules and principles of relative dating? Selected Answer: Nico Steno  Question 11 2 out of 2 points These types of volcanoes typically emit large volumes of gas, pyroclastic material and lava flows Selected Answer: composi te  Question 12 0 out of 2 points A tidal wave can potentially be produced by a large earthquake on the ocean floor. Selected Answer: Tru e  Question 13 2 out of 2 points The most dangerous type of volcano on earth is typically the Selected Answer: composite cone  Question 14 2 out of 2 points An instrument used to measure and record the magnitude of an earthquake is called This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-09-2022 15:19:24 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/49554234/PHSC-210-quiz-3docx/ a(n) Selected Answer: seismogra ph  Question 15 2 out of 2 points You are flying over California and notice a fault offsetting the rows of trees in an orange orchard. The far side of the orchard (on the other side of the fault) has moved to the left. You would likely be looking at a(n) Selected Answer: left lateral strike slip fault  Question 16 2 out of 2 points Which scientist developed the “Principle of Biological Succession”? Selected Answer: William Smith  Question 17 2 out of 2 points The largest earthquakes that have been measured with the Richter Scale are in the _____ range. Selected Answer: 9  Question 18 2 out of 2 points Who calculated that the Earth was created in 4,004 B.C.? Selected Answer: James Ussher  Question 19 2 out of 2 points Cinder cones often produce massive lava flows. Selected Answer: Fals e  Question 20 2 out of 2 points The San Andres Fault is a type of st [Show More]

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