A) explains the sudden return of deformed rock to its original form B) explains the origin of earthquakes C) none of these D) explains the behavior of seismic waves
A) epicenter B) origin C) fault scarp D) focus
A) compressional surface waves B) shearing body waves C) tensional surface waves D) transverse body waves
A) 1 B) 5 C) 3 D) 4
A) magnitude of an earthquake B) the total monetary damage caused by an earthquake. C) the damage caused by a an earthquake D) the intensity of an earthquake
A) at mid-ocean ridges B) subduction zones C) none of these choices D) ancient mountain ranges
A) Love waves B) P-waves C) Rayleigh waves D) S-waves
A) Minnesota B) Florida C) Arizona D) Alaska
A) Rayleigh motion B) a landslide C) compressional uplift D) liquefaction
A) Mercalli scale recorder B) seismograph C) Richter scale recorder D) seismogram
A) Warren Intensity Scale B) Richter Scale C) Modified Mercalli Scale D) Fujita Scale
A) focus B) epicenter C) origin D) fault
A) tsunami B) slide zone C) fault D) hot spot
A) tension B) aftershock C) deformation D) seismology
A) the epicenter B) P-waves C) a fault murmur D) an earthquake
A) aftershocks B) elastic rebound C) S-waves D) earthquake tremors
A) faultologist B) tectonic specialist C) seismologist D) paleontologist
A) two tectonic plates collide with each other B) new oceanic sea-floor is created C) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other D) two tectonic plates are moving past each other
A) where new mountain valleys are created B) two tectonic plates are moving away from each other C) two tectonic plates are moving past each other D) two tectonic plates collide with 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) uplift B) tension C) deformation D) folding
A) surface waves B) P-waves C) S-waves D) none of the above
A) all of these choices B) earth materials through which the waves move C) distance from the epicenter D) depth of the focus
A) ground rupture B) changes in ground level C) landslides D) aftershocks
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 blocks move past each other D) the block above the fault moves downward relative to the block below
A) tsunami B) bombora C) kaiko D) nalu
A) magma B) energy C) Rayleigh waves D) batholith intrusions
A) lithosphere B) mesosphere C) core D) ionosphere |