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