Science test

Question 1

Do scientists have the technology to predict earthquakes and warn people days in advance

Answer 1

No

Question 2

are most eartquakes too gentle for people to feel

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

can slippin of a fualt plate tectonics and eruption of a volcano all caus an earthquake

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Does the force a rock exerts as it strikes a roadway after tumbling down a hill involve tension

Answer 4

no

Question 5

Does the froce a rock climber exerts on the rope as he rappels down acleff involve tension

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

does the sliding o two layers or rock across each other during a mudslide involve tension

Answer 6

no

Question 7

does the rolling of arock along the bottom of a raging river involve tension

Answer 7

no

Question 8

what type of stress is the most significant in causing earthquakes

Answer 8

shear

Question 9

what is a series of low frequency shock waves traveling through the earth called

Answer 9

earthquake

Question 10

do modern seismologists believe that fault and eathquakes are caused by tectonic faults

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

Subduction or collision would most likely be occuring at what kind of boundary

Answer 11

convergent

Question 12

At ______ boundaries, the plate are moving aart

Answer 12

divergent

Question 13

at _______ boundaries plates are coming toward each other

Answer 13

convergent

Question 14

________ boundaries have plates sliding past each otther in opposite directions

Answer 14

transform

Question 15

Do all types of rock when under strain, respond in the same way

Answer 15

no

Question 16

What is the major difference between a fualt and a joint

Answer 16

A fault is when an opposite sides of the crakc move relative to each other and a joint are the cracks in a rock

Question 17

what is acrakc in arock where movement has occure

Answer 17

faults

Question 18

where are most major faults in the United Sates found

Answer 18

mountian ranges q

Question 19

what is a transform fault called

Answer 19

long strike slip

Question 20

which of these is true a locked fault must e a dip slip fault. a reverse fault is a type of dep slip fault. a normal fualt is atype of strike slip fault. a transform fualt is atype of dip slip fault

Answer 20

a reverse fault is a type of dep slip fault

Question 21

what is the name of the longest strike slip fault in southern california

Answer 21

san andreas

Question 22

What are the smaller secondary eathquakes that result from a jamor eathquake called

Answer 22

aftershocks

Question 23

do water and cetain types of minerals act as a natural lubricant to prevent a fulat from becoming locked

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

does a seismograph include both a seismometera and a device that records or grpahs seismic movements

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

a speial geologist who studies the earth's movements and the structure of interior is called

Answer 25

seismologists

Question 26

are the last waves to reach distant seismographs the s waves

Answer 26

no

Question 27

what is the fastest body wave

Answer 27

P waves

Question 28

what is a body wave that cannot ravel through earth's core

Answer 28

S waves

Question 29

do different types of seismic waves travel only on the earth's surface

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

do different types of seiemic eaves travel through the earth including the core

Answer 30

yes

Question 31

Do differeent types of seismic waves travel through the eart but not to the core

Answer 31

yes

Question 32

rayleigh waves and love waves are both examples of what type of waves

Answer 32

surface waves

Question 33

what is the center of earthquake activity called

Answer 33

focus

Question 34

what is the point of earth's surface above the center of earthquake activity

Answer 34

epicenter

Question 35

are only two seismic stations needed to pinpoint anearthquake's epicenter

Answer 35

no

Question 36

do some earthquakes occur along faults that are not tectonic boundaries

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

what type of fault do most secular geologists believe could explain how older fossils were placed above younger fossils

Answer 37

overthrust

Question 38

one quake measures 6.0 and another quake measures at 7.0 on the Richter scale. How does the second quake's intensity compare with that of the first

Answer 38

31.6 times more energy released

Question 39

what is the energy of an earthquake called

Answer 39

magnitude

Question 40

what is used to express an earthquakes magnitude

Answer 40

Richter scale

Question 41

Does the richter scale go from 1 to 8

Answer 41

no

Question 42

which one of these terms does not belong with the rest modified mercalli intensity moment magnitude richter rayleigh

Answer 42

rayleigh

Question 43

Theoretically, could a very intense earthquake be felt by every person on the eath

Answer 43

yes

Question 44

what is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake

Answer 44

tsunamis

Question 45

have architects desinged buildings that can withstand and earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0

Answer 45

yes

Question 46

are tsumamis often called tidal wavs because they are caused by tides

Answer 46

no