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