A) none of these B) explains the behavior of seismic waves C) explains the origin of earthquakes D) explains the sudden return of deformed rock to its original form
A) origin B) fault scarp C) epicenter D) focus
A) tensional surface waves B) shearing body waves C) transverse body waves D) compressional surface waves
A) 4 B) 3 C) 1 D) 5
A) the damage caused by a an earthquake B) the intensity of an earthquake C) magnitude of an earthquake D) the total monetary damage caused by an earthquake.
A) subduction zones B) none of these choices C) ancient mountain ranges D) at mid-ocean ridges
A) Love waves B) S-waves C) P-waves D) Rayleigh waves
A) Alaska B) Florida C) Minnesota D) Arizona
A) compressional uplift B) Rayleigh motion C) a landslide D) liquefaction
A) seismograph B) Mercalli scale recorder C) seismogram D) Richter scale recorder
A) Fujita Scale B) Modified Mercalli Scale C) Warren Intensity Scale D) Richter Scale
A) focus B) origin C) fault D) epicenter
A) hot spot B) tsunami C) slide zone D) fault
A) tension B) seismology C) deformation D) aftershock
A) a fault murmur B) an earthquake C) the epicenter D) P-waves
A) elastic rebound B) aftershocks C) S-waves D) earthquake tremors
A) tectonic specialist B) seismologist C) faultologist D) paleontologist
A) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other B) two tectonic plates collide with each other C) new oceanic sea-floor is created 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 away from each other B) two tectonic plates collide with each other C) two tectonic plates are moving past each other D) new oceanic sea-floor is created
A) normal B) reverse C) strike-slip D) slide
A) folding B) deformation C) tension D) uplift
A) P-waves B) S-waves C) none of the above D) surface waves
A) earth materials through which the waves move B) depth of the focus C) all of these choices D) distance from the epicenter
A) changes in ground level B) landslides C) ground rupture 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 blocks move past each other 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) kaiko B) bombora C) nalu D) tsunami
A) magma B) batholith intrusions C) Rayleigh waves D) energy
A) ionosphere B) lithosphere C) core D) mesosphere |