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