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