GLY 1880 Exam 1 Study Guide
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About how thick is Earth's mantle (pick closest value)? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔About 3000 km thick
Mitigation is best described as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔taking proactive steps to
lessen the impact of a disaster on a community
,The four stages of disaster management are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mitigation,
preparation, response, and recovery
The rapid rise in global population, mostly crowded into increasingly large
population centers, set the stage for even more destructive disasters.
World population is growing exponentially, at a rate of about 1.2% per year.
Using the estimator formula for doubling time found in your book, how often
does the world population double? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔roughly every 60 years
The lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the earth, averages out to
be roughly _ km thick? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔100
T or F: Continental crust is much thicker than oceanic crust? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔true
We use the term "ductile" to describe the layer of earth called the mantle.
What does ductile mean? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔capable of deforming rather
than breaking when stress is applied.
Chains of volcanos, such as the Hawaiian islands, suggest that plates
move over a persistent magma source. If plates were not moving, what
would be expected to form on the surface of a magma source? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔a very large volcano with an incredibly long period of activity
, In California, the city of LA does not sit on the same tectonic plate as SF. If
current rate of plate motion continues, how long will it take for LA to move
to a position further north than SF? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10 million years
Earthquakes happen at ocean trenches (convergent boundaries) and
ocean ridges (divergent boundaries). But earthquakes at ocean ridges are
much more _ than those at ocean trenches. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shallow -
closer to the surface
Which of the following statements is true about the location of earthquakes
and volcanos worldwide? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔most earthquakes and volcanos
are located along plate boundaries
If the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall, the fault is_ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔normal
The __ is located on the surface directly above the __ of an earthquake - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔epicenter; focus
Which of the following is part of elastic rebound theory? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔In
between earthquakes, strain is stored by elastic strain of rocks
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2026 Exam Questions and
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About how thick is Earth's mantle (pick closest value)? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔About 3000 km thick
Mitigation is best described as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔taking proactive steps to
lessen the impact of a disaster on a community
,The four stages of disaster management are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mitigation,
preparation, response, and recovery
The rapid rise in global population, mostly crowded into increasingly large
population centers, set the stage for even more destructive disasters.
World population is growing exponentially, at a rate of about 1.2% per year.
Using the estimator formula for doubling time found in your book, how often
does the world population double? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔roughly every 60 years
The lithosphere, which is the outermost layer of the earth, averages out to
be roughly _ km thick? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔100
T or F: Continental crust is much thicker than oceanic crust? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔true
We use the term "ductile" to describe the layer of earth called the mantle.
What does ductile mean? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔capable of deforming rather
than breaking when stress is applied.
Chains of volcanos, such as the Hawaiian islands, suggest that plates
move over a persistent magma source. If plates were not moving, what
would be expected to form on the surface of a magma source? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔a very large volcano with an incredibly long period of activity
, In California, the city of LA does not sit on the same tectonic plate as SF. If
current rate of plate motion continues, how long will it take for LA to move
to a position further north than SF? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10 million years
Earthquakes happen at ocean trenches (convergent boundaries) and
ocean ridges (divergent boundaries). But earthquakes at ocean ridges are
much more _ than those at ocean trenches. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shallow -
closer to the surface
Which of the following statements is true about the location of earthquakes
and volcanos worldwide? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔most earthquakes and volcanos
are located along plate boundaries
If the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall, the fault is_ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔normal
The __ is located on the surface directly above the __ of an earthquake - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔epicenter; focus
Which of the following is part of elastic rebound theory? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔In
between earthquakes, strain is stored by elastic strain of rocks
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