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