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