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