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Long range earthquake forecasts are based on the idea that earthquakes are
a) repetitive
b) fully understood
c) random
d) destructive

What layers of Earth make up the lithosphere?
a) crust and upper mantle
b) crust and lower mantle
c) upper and lower mantle
d) continental and oceanic crusts

Using the graphics on page 234 and 235, Where is the lithosphere
a) the top gray portion of the cube on page 234
b) the center of the sphere on pg 235
c) the lower pink portion of the cube on page 234
d) the outermost layer of the sphere on pg 235

Using the graphics on page 234 and 235, Where is the crust
a) the outermost layer of the sphere on pg 235
b) the lower pink portion of the cube on page 234
c) the center of the sphere on pg 235
d) the top gray portion of the cube on page 234

Earth's, thin rockey outer layer is
a) continental crust
b) core
c) mantle
d) oceanic crust

The Moho is
a) the boundary between the crust and the Mantle
b) the boundary between the inner and outer core
c) an area of the mantle that will not transit seismic waves
d) the material of which the mantle is composed

Most of the information about Earth's interior was obtained by studying
a) earthquake waves
b) rocks of the oceanic crust
c) meteorites
d) rocks in deep wells

Through wich Earth layer are S waves NOT transmitted
a) outer core
b) inner core
c) continental crust
d) ocean crust

The continental crust has the average composition of
a) granite
b) gneiss
c) basalt
d) limestone

The greatest concentratioon of metals occurs in the Earth's
a) core
b) mantle
c) continental crust
d) oceanic crust

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