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