Unit 2: Notebook Check
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Answer and page # where you find the information
1. Name of the currents in the Asthenosphere.
2. Why is a cake a good model for studying the layers of
the Earth as discussed in the TED video?
3. What is the density of copper?
4. Describe liquefaction.
5. Define mass.
6. Formula for finding density.
7. Layer that generates the Earth’s magnetic field.
8. If you cut an object in half its density ______
9.Which of the three recording stations was closest to the
epicenter of the earthquake, based on the seismograms
shown below?
A. Recording station A
B. Recording station B
C. Recording station C
D. Cannot be determined.
10. What are seismic waves?
11. What is more dense: Gold or Diamond and List the
density of each.
12. What was the answer to the daily warm-up on Sept.
23?
13. Suppose you have seismograph data from two
recording stations for an earthquake. You have
calculated the distance of the epicenter from
each station, which is indicated with the circles
shown below. What do you know about where
the epicenter of the earthquake was located?
14. In which seismogram is the time probe placed at the
beginning of the P waves?
15.Answer # 3 on page 165 in your textbook.