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