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The S wave is the
a) Fastest Earthquake Wave
b) Could be an Earthquake Wave
c) Not an Earthquake Wave
d) Slowest Earthquake Wave

The P wave is
a) The fastest Earthquake Wave
b) Not an Earthquake Wave
c) Could be an Earthquake Wave
d) The slowest Earthquake Wave

Core, Mantle, and Crust are
a) Made of iron, 1800 miles wide, and broken into tectonic plates
b) Made of iron, 1800 miles wide, and one thick, unbroken plate
c) Made of iron, 4100 miles wide, and broken into tectonic plates
d) Made of silver, 1800 miles wide, and broken into tectonic plates

Richter Scale
a) Scale of Earthquake intensity 1 - 10
b) Scale of Volcano intensity 1 - 10
c) Scale of Tornado intensity 1 - 10
d) Scale of Hurricane intensity 1 -10

A fossil is
a) Dinosaurs
b) Mr. Ward
c) Any evidence of a living thing preserved from the past
d) Only mosquitoes found in amber

Catastrophism is
a) Earth being changed violently and quickly
b) Earth being formed gently and slowly
c) Earth not being formed
d) Earth sometimes being formed

Uniformitarianism is
a) The principle that the Earth changed gradually over time
b) The principle that the Earth changed violently over a short period of time
c) The principle that Earth is getting larger
d) The principle that Earth is getting smaller

The Pennsylvanian, Paleozoic, and the Permian are
a) states
b) towns
c) geologic time periods
d) types of rocks

Lapilli is an example of
a) lava
b) pyroclastic material
c) volcanic bomb
d) volcanic block

A volcano that is a shield was made by a(n)
a) explosive eruption
b) nonexplosive eruption
c) implosive eruption
d) compulsive eruption

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