U3.Part 2.Geologic Processes

The most destructive seismic waves are ___

Volcanoes can do all of the following EXCEPT ___

Grand Tetons and the Sierra Nevada mountain range are examples of ___

Which is NOT true about P-waves?

The boundary between the upper mantle and the crust is called the ___ discontinuity

Tension causes a ___ fault.

The fewest number of seismograph stations needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?

Primary waves ___ when they hit the liquid outer core

Which is NOT true about S-waves?

Earthquakes can create all of the following EXCEPT

Compression creates a ___ fault.

Which is NOT true with shearing forces?

The Appalachian and Himalayan mountains are examples of ___

From which of the following do primary and secondary waves move outward?

The height of the lines on a seismogram is the measure of energy released or the ___ of a quake

How far an object can bend before it breaks is the ___

A folded mountain is formed from what type of fault?

A city twice as far from the epicenter as another city will notice the time b/n P & S waves is

The measure of the energy released during an earthquake is its ___

The San Andreas fault is an example of __

A fault block mountain is formed from what type of fault?

Most earthquakes happen ___