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The most ideal conditions for the chemical weathering are found in :
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- hot and humid regions
Residual hill in the desert region is known as ?
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- Inselberg
Which of the following represents a process of chemical weathering ?
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- Hydration and Hydrolysis
Place directly above focus on Earth’s surface is known as ?
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- epicenter
The point within the Earth where earthquakes originate is:
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- focus
Magnitude of energy released by an earthquake is calculated using ?
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- Richter scale
Instrument used to measure earthquake is known as ?
- seismograph
- quake meter
- barometer
- none of the above
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- seismograph
How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake ?
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- 3
Amount of energy released by an earthquake is also known as ?
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- magnitude
Earthquakes occur most frequently at ?
- plate boundaries
- plate surface
- ocean beds
- all of the above
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- plate boundaries
P Waves can pass through ____ ?
- crust and core only
- liquids and gases only
- solids, gases, and liquids
- none of the above
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- solids, gases, and liquids
P Waves are also said to be ____ waves.
- push-pull
- side-side
- up-down
- none of the above
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- push-pull
The Q/P/S/L Waves are the slowest.
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- L
The amount of ground displacement in an earthquake is called the focus/slip/dip/newton?
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- slip
Vibrations radiate from focus in all direction as –
- Seismic waves
- Transverse waves
- Longitudinal waves
- None of the above
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- Seismic waves
The S/P/L/Q Waves are said to the most damaging to humans.
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- L
S Waves can pass through ____.
- solids only
- gases only
- liquids only
- all of the above
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- solids only
Earthquakes usually occur at boundary of –
- coral plate
- crustal plates
- volcanic beds
- all of the above
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- crustal plates
P waves are:
- tensional surface waves.
- transverse surface waves.
- compressional body waves.
- none of the above
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- compressional body waves.
Body waves consist of the:
- S waves only
- P waves only
- Surface waves
- Both the S waves and P waves
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- Both the S waves and P waves