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