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