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