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