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