Unit 35 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 2:

The amount of shaking of the ground associated with an earthquake is its:
a) magnitude
b) intensity
c) density factor
d) focal factor
e) force factor

Question 3:

The amount of impact that an earthquake has on the physical and cultural landscape is its:
a) magnitude
b) force factor
c) density facotr
d) focal factor
e) intensity

Question 4:

A visible landform resulting from an earthquake is a:
a) cliff
b) caldera
c) fault scarp
d) seamount
e) phreatic depression

Question 6:

The most widely used measure of earthquake magnitude used by scientists is the:
a) Saffir-Simpson scale
b) Modified Mercalli Scale
c) Moment Magnitude Scale
d) Mercalli Force Factor Scale
e) none of the above

Question 7:

An earthquake releases energy that has accumulated from the increasing deformation of rocks.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

A tsunami and a tidal wave are two different names for the same thing.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

The point on Earth's surface directly above the epicentre is the focus.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Earthquakes only occur at plate boundaries.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

A fault scarp is the exposed face of a fault plane.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The Circum-Pacific belt contains the highest number of earthquakes on Earth.
a) True
b) False

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