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