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