Earthquakes
Quiz by Eric W. Byers (ewbyers)
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- Q1Which plate boundary produces Earthquakes?All of themTransformDivergentConvergent30s
- Q2Which Earthquake wave would be the first to arrive?S waveP waveL wave30s
- Q3Which Earthquake wave would be the most destructive?L WaveP WaveS wave30s
- Q4The motion of a S wave is said to besurfaceperpendicularparallel30s
- Q5Another name for a P wave isPrimaryPerfectPerpendicularPercission30s
- Q6The point in the Earth where an Earthquake occursFocal PointFocusEpicenterEric's Point30s
- Q7The point on the surface of the Earth above where an Earthquake occursEric's PointFocusFocal PointEpicenter30s
- Q8How many recording stations are required to find the epicenter of an Earthquake?243130s
- Q9This type of fault forms at a Transform plate boundarynormalreversefootstrike-slip30s
- Q10Which of the following is not a body wave?L WaveP WaveS wave30s