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