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