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