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