Name: __________________________________ Section: _________________________________ Write the letter of the correct answer. ________1. The largest earthquake is carried by which type of waves. A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves _______2. What does P in a P wave stand for? A. primal B. partial C. primary D. peridot _______3. Which kind of wave arrives second at seismic stations? A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves ______4. Which kind of waves usually do the most damage in an earthquake? A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves ______5. Which kind of body waves cannot travel through a liquid? A. P waves B. S waves ______6. Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most often located? A. center of the plates B. edges of the plates C. center of the continents D. edges of the continents ______7. Which type of wave travels the fastest and is the first to arrive in the recording of the seismograph? A. P waves B. S waves C. Love waves D. Rayleigh waves Name: __________________________________ Section: _________________________________ Write the letter of the correct answer. ________1. The largest earthquake is carried by which type of waves. A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves _______2. What does P in a P wave stand for? A. primal B. partial C. primary D. peridot _______3. Which kind of wave arrives second at seismic stations? A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves ______4. Which kind of waves usually do the most damage in an earthquake? A. P waves B. S waves C. Body waves D. Surface waves ______5. Which kind of body waves cannot travel through a liquid? A. P waves B. S waves ______6. Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most often located? A. center of the plates B. edges of the plates C. center of the continents D. edges of the continents ______7. Which type of wave travels the fastest and is the first to arrive in the recording of the seismograph? A. P waves B. S waves C. Love waves D. Rayleigh waves ______8. Rank the seismic waves in order of appearance when an earthquake first occurs as measured by a seismograph. A. S waves, P waves, then surface waves B. P waves, S waves, then surface waves C. S and P waves at the same time, then surface waves D. Surface waves, then S and P waves at the same time ______8. Rank the seismic waves in order of appearance when an earthquake first occurs as measured by a seismograph. A. S waves, P waves, then surface waves B. P waves, S waves, then surface waves C. S and P waves at the same time, then surface waves D. Surface waves, then S and P waves at the same time ______9. Earthquakes can occur with _________ faulting. A. normal B. reverse C. strike-slip D. all of these ______9. Earthquakes can occur with _________ faulting. A. normal B. reverse C. strike-slip D. all of these Stress 10.____tension 11.____compression 12.____shear Types of Fault a. normal fault b. strike-slip fault c. reverse fault Stress 10.____tension 11.____compression 12.____shear Types of Fault a. normal fault b. strike-slip fault c. reverse fault Stress 13.____tension 14.____compression 15.____shear Plate Boundary a. convergent b. divergent c. transform Stress 13.____tension 14.____compression 15.____shear Plate Boundary a. convergent b. divergent c. transform Name the two (2) components of a fault. Name the two (2) components of a fault. 17. ____________________ 17. ____________________ 18. ____________________ 18. ____________________ ______________19. This type of earthquake is one that occurs when the earth's crust breaks due to geological forces on rocks and adjoining plates that cause physical and chemical changes. ______________20. This type of earthquake is the result of the detonation of a nuclear and/or chemical device. ______________19. This type of earthquake is one that occurs when the earth's crust breaks due to geological forces on rocks and adjoining plates that cause physical and chemical changes. ______________20. This type of earthquake is the result of the detonation of a nuclear and/or chemical device.
