Surface waves are the fastest earthquake waves.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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What plan did Europe introduce in 2005 to help the region fight climate change?
A) a program to become the world's leader in solar energy B) an emission trading scheme C) a research program to perfect carbon sequestration D) a tree-planting plan E) a plan to eliminate all usage of fossil fuels by 2020
The most widely accepted explanation for chains of volcanoes in the oceans and lines of volcanoes on
land is that they formed at: a. divergent plate boundaries. b. normal faults. c. hot spots. d. convergent plate boundaries. e. transform faults
What observation supports the hypothesis that the slab-pull force is the primary cause of plate motion?
A) Divergent plate boundaries represent all of the upwelling expected by mantle convection. B) Plumes are the deep upwelling component of convection with seismically slow velocities. C) Earthquakes and volcanoes are concentrated at plate boundaries. D) Plates with long subduction zones move faster than plates with short subduction-zones.
What is paleoclimatology?
A) the recording and interpreting of current climate conditions B) the recording and interpreting of past climate conditions C) the recording and interpreting of current weather conditions for a specific location D) the recording and interpreting of past weather conditions for a specific location