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