Question 1

What instrumentation permits the "Tsunami Warning System" to assess the possibility of a tsunami and decide when to raise the coastal alert?

Accepted Answer

A) tilt meters on the island of Oahu 
B) networked seismographs, tide gauges, and sea buoys around the Pacific Basin all telemetred to the centre in Hawaii 
C) GPS satellites that monitor the sea surface height to +/- 5 centimetre accuracy 
D) a trip wire attached to a rubber ducky in the middle of the Pacific 
A) tilt meters on the island of Oahu 
B) networked seismographs, tide gauges, and sea buoys around the Pacific Basin all telemetred to the centre in Hawaii 
C) GPS satellites that monitor the sea surface height to +/- 5 centimetre accuracy 
D) a trip wire attached to a rubber ducky in the middle of the Pacific

Question 2

The deepest borehole ever drilled is ________ kilometres deep in Russia's Kola Peninsula.

Accepted Answer

A) 7.1 
B) 12.3 
C) 45.0 
D) 160.0 
A) 7.1 
B) 12.3 
C) 45.0 
D) 160.0

Question 3

What is the premise for long-range forecasts regarding earthquakes, and what kind of observations can be made to this end?

Accepted Answer

1)Earthquakes are caused by the cyclical

Question 4

What intensity scale describes the extent of structural damage due to an earthquake and people's perceptions of the type of shaking?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What intensity scale describes the extent of...

Question 5

What is the ML calculated for a local earthquake with an S-P arrival difference of 2.0 sec and maximum S-wave amplitude of 1 mm?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.5 
B) 1.0 
C) 2.0 
D) 4.0 
A) 1.5 
B) 1.0 
C) 2.0 
D) 4.0

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The seafloor undergoes sudden horizontal slippage during an earthquake, causing the overlying water to be accelerated or pushed laterally, initiating a tsunami. 
B) The seafloor suddenly moves upward or downward during an earthquake, displacing the sea surface into a mound or trough, as gravity tries to restore the sea surface a very fast tsunami wave is generated. 
C) As seafloor is subducted, water is squeezed out of deep sea sediment to produce a surface wave (tsunami). 
D) Tsunami can be generated by sea cliffs tumbling into tidewater, thereby generating a surface wave. 
A) The seafloor undergoes sudden horizontal slippage during an earthquake, causing the overlying water to be accelerated or pushed laterally, initiating a tsunami. 
B) The seafloor suddenly moves upward or downward during an earthquake, displacing the sea surface into a mound or trough, as gravity tries to restore the sea surface a very fast tsunami wave is generated. 
C) As seafloor is subducted, water is squeezed out of deep sea sediment to produce a surface wave (tsunami). 
D) Tsunami can be generated by sea cliffs tumbling into tidewater, thereby generating a surface wave.

Question 7

When vibrations (ground motion)from a distant earthquake reach a seismograph, the inertia of the suspended mass keeps it relatively stationary, while the Earth and the case of the instrument move, oscillating around it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Name two belts of great earthquakes, or describe their location?

Accepted Answer

Circum Pacific subdu

Question 9

Study the cross section below.
   
a)Which of these two identical homes would suffer the most damage if an earthquake occurred along the active fault?
______________________________
b)Explain your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________

Accepted Answer

a)home Y
b)Loose sand under home Y would

Question 10

The ________ is a direct measure of the distance from a seismic station to the hypocentre of a distant earthquake.

Accepted Answer

A) time interval between the first P and S-wave arrivals 
B) magnitude of the ground acceleration of surface wave passing a station 
C) time elapsed between the first P-wave arrivals from the first and last aftershocks 
D) how long before the earthquake your animals started acting agitated 
A) time interval between the first P and S-wave arrivals 
B) magnitude of the ground acceleration of surface wave passing a station 
C) time elapsed between the first P-wave arrivals from the first and last aftershocks 
D) how long before the earthquake your animals started acting agitated

Question 11

The largest lateral, ground displacement experienced at any location is produced by ________.

Accepted Answer

A) first P arrival reflecting from the inner-outer core boundary 
B) the S wave reflected from the core-mantle boundary 
C) horizontally vibrating surface waves 
D) vertically vibrating P waves refracted across the crust-mantle boundary 
A) first P arrival reflecting from the inner-outer core boundary 
B) the S wave reflected from the core-mantle boundary 
C) horizontally vibrating surface waves 
D) vertically vibrating P waves refracted across the crust-mantle boundary

Question 12

The ________ is the seismic discontinuity that forms the boundary between the crust and mantle.

Accepted Answer

A) Mojo 
B) Moto 
C) Mono 
D) Moho 
A) Mojo 
B) Moto 
C) Mono 
D) Moho

Question 13

What instrument is used to record earthquake vibrations?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What instrument is used to record earthquake...

Question 14

The ________ is used to record ground shaking and the earthquake-magnitude scale based on the largest seismic wave motion was invented by ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese ball juggler, Lao Tzu 
B) vibrator; Dr.Ruth 
C) polygraph; Freud 
D) seismograph; Richter 
A) Chinese ball juggler, Lao Tzu 
B) vibrator; Dr.Ruth 
C) polygraph; Freud 
D) seismograph; Richter

Question 15

P waves ________.

Accepted Answer

A) propagate only in solids 
B) are faster than S waves and surface waves 
C) have higher amplitudes than do S waves 
D) produce the strongest ground shaking 
A) propagate only in solids 
B) are faster than S waves and surface waves 
C) have higher amplitudes than do S waves 
D) produce the strongest ground shaking

Question 16

The ________ discontinuity marks the boundary between the crust and mantle.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ discontinuity marks the boundary between...

Question 17

Which one the following does not propagate through liquids?

Accepted Answer

A) seismic sea waves 
B) S waves 
C) P waves 
D) converted inner core waves 
A) seismic sea waves 
B) S waves 
C) P waves 
D) converted inner core waves

Question 18

What two seismic wave observations support the existence of a liquid outer core?

Accepted Answer

S-wave shadow zone beyond epicentral ang

Question 19

What happens to the energy released in an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

It spreads and dissi

Question 20

________ is the widely accepted explanation for the mechanism that generates earthquakes.

Accepted Answer

A) Dow's recovery theory 
B) Dupont's plastic-slip theory 
C) Richter's wave-snap theory 
D) Reid's elastic rebound theory 
A) Dow's recovery theory 
B) Dupont's plastic-slip theory 
C) Richter's wave-snap theory 
D) Reid's elastic rebound theory

What instrumentation permits the "Tsunami Warning System" to assess the possibility of a tsunami and decide when to raise the coastal alert?

The deepest borehole ever drilled is ________ kilometres deep in Russia's Kola Peninsula.

What is the premise for long-range forecasts regarding earthquakes, and what kind of observations can be made to this end?

What intensity scale describes the extent of structural damage due to an earthquake and people's perceptions of the type of shaking?

What is the ML calculated for a local earthquake with an S-P arrival difference of 2.0 sec and maximum S-wave amplitude of 1 mm?

Which of the following statements is true?

When vibrations (ground motion)from a distant earthquake reach a seismograph, the inertia of the suspended mass keeps it relatively stationary, while the Earth and the case of the instrument move, oscillating around it.

Name two belts of great earthquakes, or describe their location?

Study the cross section below. a)Which of these two identical homes would suffer the most damage if an earthquake occurred along the active fault? b)Explain your answer. _____________________________________________

The ________ is a direct measure of the distance from a seismic station to the hypocentre of a distant earthquake.

The largest lateral, ground displacement experienced at any location is produced by ________.

The ________ is the seismic discontinuity that forms the boundary between the crust and mantle.

What instrument is used to record earthquake vibrations?

The is used to record ground shaking and the earthquake-magnitude scale based on the largest seismic wave motion was invented by .

P waves ________.

The ________ discontinuity marks the boundary between the crust and mantle.

Which one the following does not propagate through liquids?

What two seismic wave observations support the existence of a liquid outer core?

What happens to the energy released in an earthquake?

________ is the widely accepted explanation for the mechanism that generates earthquakes.

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Geologic Time

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What instrumentation permits the "Tsunami Warning System" to assess the possibility of a tsunami and decide when to raise the coastal alert?

The deepest borehole ever drilled is ________ kilometres deep in Russia's Kola Peninsula.

What is the premise for long-range forecasts regarding earthquakes, and what kind of observations can be made to this end?

What intensity scale describes the extent of structural damage due to an earthquake and people's perceptions of the type of shaking?

What is the ML calculated for a local earthquake with an S-P arrival difference of 2.0 sec and maximum S-wave amplitude of 1 mm?

Which of the following statements is true?

When vibrations (ground motion)from a distant earthquake reach a seismograph, the inertia of the suspended mass keeps it relatively stationary, while the Earth and the case of the instrument move, oscillating around it.

Name two belts of great earthquakes, or describe their location?

Study the cross section below. a)Which of these two identical homes would suffer the most damage if an earthquake occurred along the active fault? ______________________________ b)Explain your answer. ___________________________________________________________________________

The ________ is a direct measure of the distance from a seismic station to the hypocentre of a distant earthquake.

The largest lateral, ground displacement experienced at any location is produced by ________.

The ________ is the seismic discontinuity that forms the boundary between the crust and mantle.

What instrument is used to record earthquake vibrations?

The ________ is used to record ground shaking and the earthquake-magnitude scale based on the largest seismic wave motion was invented by ________.

P waves ________.

The ________ discontinuity marks the boundary between the crust and mantle.

Which one the following does not propagate through liquids?

What two seismic wave observations support the existence of a liquid outer core?

What happens to the energy released in an earthquake?

________ is the widely accepted explanation for the mechanism that generates earthquakes.

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

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Study the cross section below. a)Which of these two identical homes would suffer the most damage if an earthquake occurred along the active fault? b)Explain your answer. _____________________________________________

The is used to record ground shaking and the earthquake-magnitude scale based on the largest seismic wave motion was invented by .