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The distance from the epicenter of the March 1964 earthquake to Crescent City is 2600 kilometers. How long did it take the fi rst P-wave to reach Crescent City?

a) 3 minutes 20 seconds

b) 4 minutes 10 seconds

c) 5 minutes 0 seconds

d) 9 minutes 10 seconds

Which factor causes Crescent City, California, to be highly vulnerable to tsunamis?

a) coastal (marine) climate

b) monsoon events

c) direction of prevailing winds

d) topography of the shoreline

A sample of holmium-166, located deep underground, is subjected to high temperature and pressure. The half-life of this sample of holmium-166 will be

a) 13.40 hours

b) 24.30 hours

c) 26.80 hours

d) 28.70 hours

Which process does the arrow represent?

a) metamorphism

b) erosion

c) melting

d) cementation

After 8.1 days, how much of a 100-gram sample of gold–198 will remain?

a) 6.25 g

b) 12.5 g

c) 25 g

d) 50 g

Which radioactive isotope has a half-life closest to the half-life of the radioactive isotope rubidium-87?

a) iodine-131

b) gold-198

c) beryllium-10

d) lutetium-176

Which particles most likely will be deposited fi rst as the velocity of a stream carrying a mixture of particles decreases?

a) small, flat, low-density particles

b) small, round, low-density particles

c) large, flat, high-density particles

d) large, round, high-density particles

Which profile best represents the change in elevation along the line from A to B?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

Which agent of erosion deposited the sediments that formed Fire Island, and continues to shape it?

a) wind action

b) running water

c) wave action

d) mass movement

Which chart correctly matches rock salt and rock gypsum with how the minerals from these rocks are used?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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