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