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