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