Short Answer
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1.
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What is oceanography?
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2.
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How much of the Earth’s surface is covered by the world
ocean?
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3.
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What are the names of the six major plates of the lithosphere?
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4.
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Where is the most famous earthquake belt in the United States?
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5.
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What is a tsunami, and what events courd trigger one to form?
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6.
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What theory replaced the Continental Drift theory to explain the movement of
land masses?
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7.
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The rigid outer crust of the Earth is called what?
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8.
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What is the device scientists use to measure the intensity of
earthquakes?
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9.
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On what island did a volcano erupt in 1883, resulting in a tsunami that took
27,000 lives?
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10.
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It is believed that the supercontinent of Pangaea split in to two sections about
200 million years ago. What names are given to these two sections?
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