List at least three reasons an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 might result in more death and destruction than a quake with a magnitude of 8.0
What will be an ideal response?
An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 could inflict more death and destruction than a larger quake if (1) it occurred in a populated center rather than an unpopulated location; (2) it occurred along a megathrust fault that triggered a tsunami rather than any other kind of fault; (3) it triggered liquefaction, landslides, and subsidence of the substrate; (4) it occured in a poverty-stricken area with low-tech construction rather than seismically reinforced construction; or (5) it severed communication lines, gas lines, water mains, and so on and prevented assistance from being able to come to the aid of the area.
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A) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre B) The Dome of the Rock C) The Al-Aqsa Mosque D) The First Jewish Temple E) The Wailing Wall
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will eventually become __________ and __________ dense than the surrounding air. a. warmer, less b. warmer, more c. colder, less d. colder, more
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A) potassium, aluminum, magnesium, and sodium B) potassium, calcium, sodium, and aluminum C) magnesium, aluminum, sodium, and calcium D) iron, magnesium, calcium, and sodium E) aluminum, magnesium, calcium, and iron