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