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