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Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The
Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The
15. Over the past 250 years a city has experienced 23 earthquakes 24. Does not pass through Earth’s liquid outer core
at rather regular intervals. Approximately how often have
these earthquakes occurred? 25. Does not pass through Earth’s interior at all
a. every 50 years c. every 100 years
b. every 10 years d. every 5 years 26. Squeezes and pulls rocks in same direction as the save travels
18. On a seismometer, vibrations of the ground do not move the 31. Type of structural failure related to building height
.
a. frame c. recording drum 32. Results in a tsunami
b. spring d. suspended mass
20. The San Andreas Fault, a result of horizontal shear, is a 33. Section of an active fault that has not experienced a significant
fault. earthquake for a long time
a. blind c. strike-slip
b. normal d. reverse 34. Rates earthquake intensity
22. A numerical scale of earthquake magnitude that takes into 38. Measure of the energy released by a quake
account the size of the fault rupture is the .
a. Richter scale c. moment magnitude scale 39. Deformation of materials in response to stress
b. modified Mercalli scale d. epicentral distance scale
40. Fracture in rock along which movement occurs
12. ANS: A NAT: F.5 STA: 37. ANS: C NAT: UCP1 | A1 | D1 STA:
S11.D.1.1.2
38. ANS: B NAT: UCP3 | A1 | A2 | B6 | F5 | F6
13. ANS: C NAT: F.5 STA:
S11.D.1.1.2 39. ANS: F NAT: UCP1 | A1 | D1 STA:
14. ANS: B NAT: F.5 STA: 40. ANS: D NAT: UCP1 | D3 STA:
S11.D.1.1.2 S11.D.1.1.2