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| What causes an earthquake? |
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| Earthquakes are caused by the vibration of Earth produced by the sudden release of energy. |
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| Describe the location of an epicenter and focus. |
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| What is the elastic Rebound hypothesis? |
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| Elastic rebound hypothesis is the release of built up energy. |
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| Describe aftershock and foreshocks |
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| Aftershocks are small quakes that come after a major earthquakes. Foreshocks are small quakes that come before major earthquake |
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| How are earthquakes mearsure |
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| Historically scientist have used two different types of measurement to describe the size of an earthquake intensity and magnitude. |
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| Who came up with the idea of continental drift |
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| What kind of evidence is presented to verify the idea of continental drift |
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| the uppermost mantle, along with overlying crust, behaves |
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