EARTH 108 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wind Shear, Fujita Scale, Sea Surface Temperature

• School: U of M
• Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Course: EARTH 108
• Professor: Eric Hetland

Document Summary

Exam review: important questions and answers for earthquakes. Illness: rich countries typically suffer the lowest ____ in a natural disaster: fatalities (lower in countries with larger gdp, because they have better. Waves: richter magnitude is based on: records of ground motion, the energy of an earthquake increases as: size of the earthquake fault. Increases: small earthquakes occur as often as large earthquakes: false, small. Not molten magma but solid magma: earthquakes relieve the buildup of energy due to: the motion of tectonic. Plates: during an earthquake, the ground on either side of the fault: moves in. False: buildings on soft and wet ground in areas of high earthquake risk are generally: More likely to be damaged due to liquefaction: today"s earthquake early warning systems issue a warning message to urban centers when: a destructive earthquake is believed to have started.