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67. On a typical seismogram, will show the highest amplitudes. A) Pwaves B) Swaves C) surface waves D) body waves 68. The - forms the relatively cool, brittle plates of plate tectonics. A) asthenosphere B) lithosphere C) astrosphere D) eosphere 69. A is a well-tested and widely accepted view that best explains certain scientific observations. A) hypothesis B) generalization C) law D) theory 70. is the process by which rocks breakdown in place to produce soils and sediments. A) Weathering B) Lithification C) Subduction D) Metamorphism 71. A transform plate boundary is characterized by A) stratovolcanoes on the edge of a plate and shield volcanoes on the adjacent plate B) two, converging, oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge C) a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate D) a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions 72. The strong tendency of certain minerals to break along smooth, parallel planes is known as A) streak B) cleavage C) cracking luster D) crystal form 73. What major change occurs during metamorphism of limestone to marble? A) calcite grains grow larger and increase in size B) clays crystallize to micas, forming a highly foliated, mica-rich rock C) limestone grains react to form quartz and feldspars D) calcite grains are dissolved away leaving only marble crystals fault has little or no vertical movements of the two blocks. 74. A A) stick slip C strike slip Oj lipstick Scanner

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