A) explains the origin of earthquakes B) none of these C) explains the behavior of seismic waves D) explains the sudden return of deformed rock to its original form
A) focus B) fault scarp C) epicenter D) origin
A) shearing body waves B) compressional surface waves C) transverse body waves D) tensional surface waves
A) 3 B) 4 C) 1 D) 5
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) subduction zones C) none of these choices D) at mid-ocean ridges
A) S-waves B) Rayleigh waves C) P-waves D) Love waves
A) Minnesota B) Alaska C) Arizona D) Florida
A) liquefaction B) Rayleigh motion C) compressional uplift D) a landslide
A) Richter scale recorder B) Mercalli scale recorder C) seismograph D) seismogram
A) Modified Mercalli Scale B) Warren Intensity Scale C) Fujita Scale D) Richter Scale
A) epicenter B) focus C) origin D) fault
A) hot spot B) slide zone C) tsunami D) fault
A) deformation B) seismology C) tension D) aftershock
A) P-waves B) the epicenter C) a fault murmur D) an earthquake
A) earthquake tremors B) elastic rebound C) S-waves D) aftershocks
A) tectonic specialist B) seismologist C) faultologist D) paleontologist
A) two tectonic plates collide with each other B) new oceanic sea-floor is created C) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other D) two tectonic plates are moving past 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 are moving past each other C) new oceanic sea-floor is created D) two tectonic plates collide with each other
A) strike-slip B) reverse C) slide D) normal
A) folding B) tension C) uplift D) deformation
A) surface waves B) P-waves C) S-waves D) none of the above
A) all of these choices B) depth of the focus C) earth materials through which the waves move D) distance from the epicenter
A) landslides B) ground rupture C) aftershocks D) changes in ground level
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) 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) batholith intrusions B) Rayleigh waves C) magma D) energy
A) ionosphere B) core C) lithosphere D) mesosphere |