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