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Dynamic Crust 1 Multiple Choice Test

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Dynamic Crust 1

Questions on earthquakes, earth's layers, volcanoes, and continental drift.

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Which of the following can be determined by knowing only the arrival time of both P-and S- waves at a single recording station?

As the distance from an earthquake epicenter increases, the time between P-wave arrival and S-wave arrival will

What type of earthquake wave is usually received first at a recording station that is 2000 km from the epicenter?

P-waves

S-waves

The outermost layer of our planet is the

The thickness of the Earth's crust

The portion of the Earth that is just below the crust is

The outer and inner core

S-waves cannot through

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