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EARTH QUAKE PRE-TEST
MATCHING
1.
A SEISMOGRAM IS
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A. THE RECORDED INFORMATION OF CRUSTAL MOVEMENT
B. THE INSTRUMENT USED TO DETECT CRUSTAL MOVEMENT
C. SEISMOLOGIST’S WEIGHT LOSS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE
D. GRANNY’S EXERCISE PROGRAM
2. AN OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS THE
A. MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE
B. RICHTER SCALE
C. FISH SCALE
D. DOCTOR SCALE
3. SEISMIC WAVES WHICH CANNOT TRAVEL THROUGH LIQUIDS ARE
A. TRANSVERSE WAVES
B. COMPRESSIONAL WAVES
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C. LONGITUDINAL WAVES
D. COSMIC TELEPATHIC WAVES
4. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE IS USUALLY GREATEST
A. FAR FROM THE FOCUS
B. AT THE EDGE OF SHADOW ZONE
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C. AT THE EPICENTER
D. PERPENDICULAR TO FOCUS
5. THE MOHO IS
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A. ELVES ASKING SANTA TO BE MORE JOLLY
B. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MANTLE AND THE OUTER CORE
C. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE LITHOSPHERE AND THE MANTLE
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
6. THE MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE MEASURES AN EARTHQUAKE’S
A. MAGNITUDE
B. DEPTH
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C. IMMENSITY
D. INTENSITY
7. EARTHQUAKES CAN CAUSE
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A. TSUNAMIS
C. A and B
B. SHEARING OF CRUST ALONG FAULTS D. NONE OF THESE
8. THE CORRECT ORDER OF SEISMIC WAVES FROM SLOWEST TO FASTEST IS
A. L-WAVE, P-WAVE, S-WAVE
B. P-WAVE, L-WAVE, S-WAVE
C. S-WAVE, L-WAVE, P-WAVE
D. L-WAVE, S-WAVE, P-WAVE
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9. PLATES ARE PART OF THE
A. ANTIQUE DISH SETS
B. MOHO
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C. CRUST
D. MANTLE
10. AS SEISMIC WAVES PASS FROM THE INNER CORE TO THE OUTER CORE THEY
A. SPEED UP
B. SLOW DOWN
C. ARE RETRACTED
D. BOTH B AND C
11. THE EFFECT OF MOST EARTHQUAKES IS
A. CRACKED WALLS
B. CHIMNEYS FALLING
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C. HARDLY NOTICEABLE
D. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
12. EARTHQUAKES ARE CONSIDERED DESTRUCTIVE AT MAGNITUDE
A. 6
B. 1
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C. 3
D. 12
13. A SEISMOGRAPH OPERATES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT
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A. VIBRATIONS IN AIR AND ROCK TRAVEL AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS
B. A HEAVY WEIGHT AT REST TENDS TO STAY AT REST
C. SEISMIC WAVES DO NOT PASS THROUGH LIQUIDS
D. BOTH B AND C
14. FAULTING IS
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A. BLAMING SOMEONE ELSE FOR WHAT YOU DID
B. THE MOVEMENTS OF ROCK ALONG A FAULT
C. THE VIBRATION OF CRUST
D. NONE OF THESE
15. IN REGARD TO WAVES, HERTZ IS THE SAME AS
A. VELOCITY
B. FREQUENCY
16. DRAW IN AND LABEL ALL
FOUR BASIC LAYERS OF THE EARTH
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C. INTERFERENCE
D. ALL OF THESE