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