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