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The elastic rebound theory: Describes how seismic waves pass through Earth’s interior. Describes how folding in the crust dampens earthquake magnitude. Is a theory describing the behavior of faulting crust. Was proven wrong in the middle of the twentieth century. Was first defined by Archimedes. Earthquakes at divergent margins tend to be: Deep and strong. Produced by normal faulting. On the surface of a subducting slab. Related to compression. Caused by anticlines. Examples of U.S. intraplate seismicity include: San Francisco. Charleston. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. Seismicity at divergent, convergent, and transverse plate boundaries is caused by the following stresses (in order): Compressive, shear, and subductive Transverse, subductive, and decompression Tensional, compressional, and shearing Normal, reverse, and plunging None of the above. Finding an epicenter requires: Firsthand accounts. Seismic tomography. Wave refraction. Triangulation. Calculating the intensity. Seismic discontinuities are found at the following depths: 8 km to 20–70 km, 100 km, 400 km, 660 km, 4,800 km, and 2,900 km 20 km to 50 km, 70 km, 3,500 km, and 2,900 km 20 km to 50 km, but only at subduction zones 8 km, 100 km, 1,000 km, 2,000 km, 3,000 km, and 4,000 km None of these Seismic tomography reveals that Earth’s interior is: Like a layer cake with four layers. Like a layer cake but interrupted by plumes. Highly complex with hot regions and cool regions. Too complex to understand. Made of olivine entirely to the inner core. Relative dating is the process of: Calculating the age of a rock sample. Determining how old a mineral is. Determining the sequence of events in a period of geologic history. Calculating when a mineral was renewed by metamorphism. Determining the sources of uncertainty in a date. Radiometric dating is the process of: Estimating the age of a sample using radioisotopes. Documenting the unique fossil assemblage in a rock. Determining the geologic events that formed a