A) explains the origin of earthquakes B) none of these C) explains the sudden return of deformed rock to its original form D) explains the behavior of seismic waves
A) epicenter B) focus C) origin D) fault scarp
A) tensional surface waves B) transverse body waves C) shearing body waves D) compressional surface waves
A) 1 B) 5 C) 3 D) 4
A) the total monetary damage caused by an earthquake. B) the damage caused by a an earthquake C) the intensity of an earthquake D) magnitude of an earthquake
A) at mid-ocean ridges B) ancient mountain ranges C) subduction zones D) none of these choices
A) Rayleigh waves B) P-waves C) Love waves D) S-waves
A) Florida B) Minnesota C) Arizona D) Alaska
A) compressional uplift B) Rayleigh motion C) liquefaction D) a landslide
A) Mercalli scale recorder B) seismogram C) Richter scale recorder D) seismograph
A) Warren Intensity Scale B) Fujita Scale C) Richter Scale D) Modified Mercalli Scale
A) focus B) epicenter C) fault D) origin
A) tsunami B) fault C) hot spot D) slide zone
A) seismology B) aftershock C) deformation D) tension
A) the epicenter B) a fault murmur C) P-waves D) an earthquake
A) elastic rebound B) earthquake tremors C) S-waves D) aftershocks
A) paleontologist B) seismologist C) faultologist D) tectonic specialist
A) new oceanic sea-floor is created B) two tectonic plates are moving past each other C) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other D) two tectonic plates collide with each other
A) where new mountain valleys are created B) two tectonic plates are moving past each other C) two tectonic plates collide with each other D) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other
A) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other B) two tectonic plates collide with each other C) two tectonic plates are moving past each other D) new oceanic sea-floor is created
A) normal B) strike-slip C) reverse D) slide
A) folding B) uplift C) deformation D) tension
A) P-waves B) S-waves C) none of the above D) surface waves
A) depth of the focus B) earth materials through which the waves move C) distance from the epicenter D) all of these choices
A) aftershocks B) ground rupture C) changes in ground level D) landslides
A) no earthquakes ever occur B) the block above the fault moves downward relative to the block below C) the tectonic blocks demonstrate folding D) one block slides past the other with no uplift
A) the tectonic blocks demonstrate folding B) the blocks move past each other C) no earthquakes ever occur D) the block above the fault moves downward relative to the block below
A) kaiko B) nalu C) bombora D) tsunami
A) energy B) batholith intrusions C) Rayleigh waves D) magma
A) core B) mesosphere C) ionosphere D) lithosphere |