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