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