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A ship on the ocean’s surface sends a sound wave to the bottom. The sound wave takes 12 seconds to get to the bottom and travels at a speed of 1500 m/s.  How deep is the water?

Active margins are likely to exhibit all of the characteristics below except _________.

   The image above is likely a/an _____________ coastline and the landform above is either associated with tectonic activity or falling sea levels.  This can also be classified as a/an _______________coastline.

An area that experiences moderate earthquakes that occur infrequently (decades between events) is said to be experiencing a ______________motion along a nearby fault.

__________sediment forms through evaporation of seawater in restricted basins such as the Dead Sea and includes deposits of halite, gypsum and oolites.

  What is the name of the current in the image above that is depicted by the arrow showing “Direction of Beach Drift”?  

________ is the most effective building material because it __________ when seismic waves move through and snaps back into place.

The least dense water mass listed below is _____________.

The city of Independence experienced a Modified Mercalli Intensity of_____?   

   Using the diagram above, what is the magnitude of an earthquake that has a maximum amplitude of 20 mm and is 40 km from the epicenter?