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Earthquakes 2
Test Description: Ch 8 Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT a kind of technology used to construct earthquake resistant buildings?
A
cross brace
B
tectonic plates
C
base insolator
D
mass damper
2) If you are in a car on the open road when an earthquake occurs, you should
A
stop the car and stay inside
B
drive slowly to the nearest overpass
C
stop the care and seek shelter in a ditch
D
drive away from the area
3) What type of wave is also know as secondary or shear?
A
P wave
B
S wave
C
deformation
D
ground wave
4) What is the beginning point of an earthquake?
A
fault
B
epicenter
C
focus
D
ground zero
5) The branch of science that studies earthquakes is called
A
seismograph
B
seismology
C
geology
D
earthquakeology
6) The change in the shape of rock in respoinse to stress
A
elastic rebound
B
deformation
C
folding
D
plastic
7) Which type of wave always arrives first
A
tseunami
B
S wave
C
P wave
D
ground wave
8) The snapping back of deformed rock to its previous shape is called
A
plastic
B
folding
C
deformation
D
elastic rebound
9) The tracing of an earthquakes motion is called
A
seismology
B
seismogram
C
seismograph
D
tracing earthquakes
10) The instrument that records the seismic waves
A
seismograph
B
earthquake recorder
C
seismology
D
seismogram
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