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