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    #3 #4 1) What type of plate boundary is depicted? a) b) c) d) e) convergent subduction transform divergent volcanic 2) What component of the plate boundary is represented here? a) b) c) d) e) continental crust melting oceanic crust trench volcanic arc 3) What component of the plate boundary is represented here? a) b) c) d) e) continental crust melting oceanic crust trench volcanic arc 4) Magmatism (melting) at this plate boundary is associated with

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    Have you ever wondered what has to happen to make the Earth quake? British engineer John Michell did. He was one of the first fathers of seismology and was also the first to correctly state what the cause of earthquakes was. In 1960‚ Michell noted that “earthquakes and the waves of energy that they make are caused by shifting masses of rock‚ miles below the surface” in a scientific memoir (USGS‚ 32). In order for you to completely understand the process of an earthquake you must first understand

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    Mormonism/Jehovah Witness

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    mormon‚ become dark skinned Mormon writes down one two sets of golden plates‚ writes history‚ plate of nehi‚ plates of Lehi‚ when scribe loses first batch joseph smith translated from lehi‚ corrupted from satan‚ god wants me to translate from plates of lehi Mormon (3 meanings) ● Latter day saint ● mormon-person ● place Moroni: ● Moroni dies and becomes an angel tasked with guarding the plates ● Moroni reveals the location of the plates to Joseph Smith ● 2nd vision comes from the angel of moroni Joseph

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    Lab: Sampling Bacteria

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    contaminated and just left as agar. Having a sample of agar that wasnt exposed to any bacteria will provide a clear picutre of what grew on the agar upon feeding bacteria to it. 2. Why shoudn’t a student swab his or her mouth or cough onto an agar plate to initiate a culture? Even though most bacteria in the human body is harmless‚ if one was knowingly or unknowingly ill then harmful bacteria could be bread. 3. Why isn’t the upper lid of the Petri dish completely removed during the inoculation

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    Petroleum Technology

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    Introduction to Petroleum Technology By: NUR KHASILAH BT ABDORAHMAN 2012228568 930223-13-5588 CHAPTER 1 REVIEW – How The Earth Was Formed So‚ let we start with the origin of universe. it has been stated in The Big Bang theory. Over 13.5 billions years ago‚ a gigantic explosion produce energy and fundamental particle that created the universe. This mean that all the things that we see today such as rock‚ animal‚ plant‚ water was created during that time. First‚ quark is formed which is proton

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    The Ox Mountains

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    mountains are formed. Simply put‚ they are the result of tectonic forces or volcanism.’’(Universe 2016) The Ox Mountains are a fold mountain range. Fold Mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide at convergent plate boundaries. During this process the less dense crust to float over the denser plate. The material is then forced upwards

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    Midterm review

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    16 C Chemical Comp of Earth Lithosphere- Strong‚ rocky‚ outer shell of the solid Earth including all the crust and the upper part of the mantle to a depth of 100 km. forms the plates Asthenosphere- weak‚ ductile layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; deforms to accommodate motions to the overlying plates. Deep Mantle- Mantle beneath the asthenosphere Outer Core- Liquid shell composed of mostly iron Inner Core- Innermost sphere composed primarily of solid iron. Crust: COLD‚ RIGID

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    chain of waves. The main cause of tsunamis are submarine earthquakes. These are most common at subduction zones. Friction between subducting plates causes a build-up of pressure‚ eventually this pressure is released causing an earthquake. These submarine earthquakes can displace huge volumes of water. On the 26th December 2004 at the Indian plate/ Burma plate subduction zone‚ lots of pressure was suddenly released north-west of the coast of Sumatra‚ resulting in a megathrust earthquake of 9.1 on the

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    Project

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    MEN BEHIND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION & DISCOVERIES I- Introduction “He had in fact most of the qualities that make a great scientist: an innate curiosity and perceptiveness regarding natural phenomena‚ insight into the heart of a problem‚ technical ingenuity‚ persistence in seeing a job through and that physical and mental toughness that is essential to the top-class investigator.” - Leonard Colebrook (1883 - 1967) Scientists are known by their discoveries‚ inventories‚ theories discovered

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    Mt Cook Formation

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    Vinoth Loganathan New Zealand is a country which ‘straddles’ between two tectonic plates; the indo-Australian and the Pacific. The location of the South Island is south of both Australia and South Africa; this is a major contributor to the geological process of weathering because it makes Mt. Cook subject to the westerly winds. MT Cook is situated in the Southern Alps between the two tectonic plates mentioned above. Its current height is now stated at 3‚753 meters making it the tallest mountain

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