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