eaps 106 Combined sets package deal

How do we know the Washington and Oregon coasts have experienced large numbers of tsunamis? - ️️layers within buried sand deposits along the coast What the Volcano Explosivity Index (VEI) measure? - ️️the amount of ash and rock ejected What type of scale is the VEI? - ️️logarithmic (ea...

Why the outer core is a liquid, but the hotter inner core is solid - ️️Because the inner core is under more pressure What a passive plate margin is - ️️a boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust that is not a plate boundary What a supercontinent is - ️️one big continent wit...

How climate change can influence the weather. - ️️The number of hot and extremely hot days has jumped dramatically compared to pre-1980 already. Hot day: temps more than 10 F above seasonal average, extremely hot day: Temps more than 20 F above seasonal average More severe and frequent local st...

How earthquake magnitudes are related to the relative magnitude of shaking? - ️️For every whole number increase in magnitude the amplitude of shaking goes up by a factor of 10. What is a mid-ocean ridge - ️️a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean...

How do earthquake early warning systems work? - ️️seismic waves travel below the speed of light; therefore, a warning can arrive seconds before an earthquake (since EM radiation travels at the speed of light) Why does the mantle below the asthenosphere not flow easily? - ️️it is at higher p...

How we can simulate gravity on a spacecraft. - ️️By rotating the spacecraft, generating a centrifugal force that simulates gravity. "Down" always points outwards from the center of rotation How we know that the Oort Cloud is a sphere. - ️️Long period comets come form the oort cloud, ...