The is a newer scale that measures the total energy released during an earthquake by determining the average amount of displacement on the fault, the area of the fault surface that slipped, and the strength of the faulted rock.

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Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks

You have been tasked with sorting the rock samples shown into three categories, with two rocks in each category. what attribute would you use to sort these rocks? which rocks would be in each category? rocks: obsidian, coquina limestone, granite, soapstone,pumice, and gneiss.