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