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At divergent plate boundaries in the ocean magma rises and melts because of what

Because of a decrease in pressure.

A tsunami can occur when there is vertical movement at a fault under

The ocean floor.

Most earthquakes are produced by the rapid release of which kind of energy stored in rock subjected to great forces

Thermal energy

How much of an increase in wave amplitude is seen from an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale compared to one measuring 4.4

Ten times

V-cube 7 or megaminx

megaminx

Evidence that earths core has a high iron content from

meteorites

Folding is usually the result of what type of stress

compressional forces

What are the three main types of glacial erosion

The 3 main types of glacial erosion are plucking, abrasion and freeze thaw.

Which is a landscape feature created by glacial deposits

outwash plain

What does ephemeral streams do in the desert

Run only after it rains

How did deflation affect the dust bowl in the 1930s

Lowering the land.

What are long sand ridges oriented nearly parallel to the prevailing wind called

longitudinal dunes

When p wave bend while traveling through earth's core what happen when arrive at the shadow zone

serveral minutes later than expected

When new rock is added to an oceanic ridge the magnetized strips on either side of the ridge are evidence of sea-floor spreading. This is because the rocks on the two sides of the ridge

are equal in width and polarity

What does running water while occurring infrequently in deserts do

does most of the erosional work.

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