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Impacts 1
List the major subdivisions of th...,
Relative time scale between the t...,
Describe the concept of a biosphe...
31
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Impacts 2
What defines a mass extinction,
What is a species,
Ordovician extinction
19
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Impacts 3
Describe character of k pg extinc...,
Evidence used to support impact t...,
Describe location and probably na...
16
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Impacts 4
Meteoroids,
Bolides,
Asteroids
37
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Fragile Systems 1
Define disaster,
What is abundant in earth s core,
What is abundant in earth s crust
25
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Storms 1
Hailstorm hazards,
In a lightning strike what does t...
57
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Storms 2
What is a remote sensor,
What are some remote sensors that...,
What do radars see
40
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Storms 3
Difference between funnel cloud v...,
Does the shape of a tornado tell ...,
Are there invisible tornadoes
45
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Storms 4
Where are mammatus clouds,
What do winds do,
Moisture advection
39
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Storms 5
What is the hurricane eye wall,
For a hurricane to fuel itself it...,
To form and strengthen where must...
55
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Waves 1
What is a wave,
Ocean waves are generated by ___ ...,
The new water motion of ocean wav...
53
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Waves 2
Sea state is the ___ at sea,
What three things are needed to g...,
Long fetch
32
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Waves 3
What is a tsunami,
Tsunami can be caused by what events,
What does the energy released by ...
32
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Waves 4
In the open ocean waves become un...,
Waves approaching shore will turn...,
Shallow water waves will break wh...
19
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Waves 5
Are coastlines temporary,
Groins,
Label a and b as erosion or depos...
19
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Earthquakes 1
What is an earthquake,
___ are responsible for most eqs ...,
Name the three components of the ...
37
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Earthquakes 2
List and describe the three main ...,
Compare the 3 types of plate boun...,
Stress compression
36
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Earthquakes 3
Elastic rebound theory,
What theory describes how earthqu...,
Describe the processes of plates ...
37
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Earthquakes 4
List and describe 5 hazards relat...,
Which direction of shaking damage...,
Why are ground conditions important
27
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Earthquakes 5
Identify location and type of tec...,
List and describe modern and hist...,
Prediction vs forecast
42
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Landslides 1
What is mass wasting,
Why do landslides not rly get rep...,
Turtle mountain
22
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Landslides 2
Does the scarp tell us about what...,
What is the angle of repose,
What is the driving force in slop...
35
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Landslides 3
Explain how liquefaction landslid...,
What are internal causes,
What are some internal causes of ...
22
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Landslides 4
Relate the type of landslide dama...,
Identify signs of an unstable slope,
Disaster scale is called
31
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Volcanoes 1
2 ways we study volcanoes,
What is magma,
What is lava
15
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Volcanoes 2
What is the most important factor...,
Extrusive or volcanic rocks cool ...,
Intrusive or plutonic rocks cool ...
48
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Volcanoes 3
Name the four main types of volca...,
True or false diff types of volca...,
Which type of volcano can cause c...
35
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Volcanoes 4
Mafic explosivity characteristics,
Felsic explosivity characteristics,
Is mafic or felsic eruptions dang...
45
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Volcanoes 5
Volcanic hazard,
Volcanic risk,
How do we calculate risk
22
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Fragile Systems II
Which wave hazard is most affecte...,
Which hazard is least affected by...,
Impacts of warming waves
7
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