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