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