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Test Description: Earthquake vocabulary review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the point of origin of an earthquake?
A
Epicenter
B
focus
C
foreshock
D
aftershock
2) What is the point on the surface nearest the earthquake?
A
focus
B
aftershock
C
epicenter
D
foreshock
3) What is the immediate energy source of an earthquakes?
A
Potential elastic energy in the mantal
B
Thermal energy in the litoshere
C
Kinetic mechanical energy in the litoshere
D
Potential, elastic energy in the litoshere
4) In what order do earthquake waves arrive at seismic stations?
A
S-waves, P-Waves, Surface waves
B
Surface waves the Body waves
C
P- waves, S-waves, Surface waves
D
Varties depending on the location
5) Which earthquakes travel through the earth\'s mantle?
A
S- waves
B
Neither P or S waves
C
Both P and S waves
D
P-waves
6) Which earthquakes travel through the earth\'s core?
A
S-waves
B
P-waves
C
Both P and S waves
D
Neither P or S waves
7) Which waves cause the greatest amount of damage?
A
Surface Waves
B
Body waves
C
S- waves
D
P- waves
8) Which of the following is not associated with earthquake destruction?
A
High winds
B
Tsunamis
C
fires
D
mass wasting- such as landslides
9) Liquefaction occurs when..
A
sediment melt due to masive forces
B
movement evaporates water in the pores of the sediment
C
the earthquake breaks the sediment particles into smaller pieces
D
loose saturated soil turns into liquid that can\'t support buildings
10) What is a fault?
A
the place on the Earth\'s surface where structures move durning a earthquake
B
a place where earthquakes cannot occur
C
a fracture in the Earth where movement has occured
D
another name for an earthquake
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