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    EOSC 114 Module 2 - Earthquakes Practice Quiz 1

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    1) Compared to small earthquakes, seismic waves from large earthquakes contain lower frequencies. 2) Convergent plate boundaries are expected to produce the strongest earthquakes, followed by divergent and then strike-slip boundaries. 3) A "soft storey" building collapse describes a building being shaken off its first-floor posts, obliterating everything in that first floor space.

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    1) Compared to small earthquakes, seismic waves from large earthquakes contain lower frequencies. 2) Convergent plate boundaries are expected to produce the strongest earthquakes, followed by divergent and then strike-slip boundaries. 3) A "soft storey" building collapse describes a building being shaken off its first-floor posts, obliterating everything in that first floor space.

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    1) Compared to small earthquakes, seismic waves from large earthquakes contain lower frequencies. 2) Convergent plate boundaries are expected to produce the strongest earthquakes, followed by divergent and then strike-slip boundaries. 3) A "soft storey" building collapse describes a building being shaken off its first-floor posts, obliterating everything in that first floor space.

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    PQ1 Earthquakes

    1.
    Compared to small earthquakes, seismic waves from large earthquakes ______.

      Student Response Value Correct Answer


    A. contain higher frequencies  
    B. are of similar amplitude  
      contain lower frequencies 100%
     
    C.
    D. travel more quickly  
    E. more efficiently trigger tsunami  
    Score: 1/1
     

    2.
    Which of the following lists tectonic plate-boundary types in order of expected earthquake
    magnitude (strongest to weakest)?

      Student Response Value Correct Answer


    A. convergent, slide-past, divergent
     
    B. divergent, convergent, slide-past  
      C. slide-past, divergent, convergent  
    convergent, divergent, slide-past 0%  
    D.
    E. all are equally likely to have strong, weak and intermediate  
    earthquakes
    Score: 0/1
     

    3.
      Which scenario describes a "soft storey" building collapse?

      Student Response Value Correct Answer


    A. a 100-year-old 3-story wooden structure collapses completely  
    B. two adjacent buildings shake at different frequencies, causing  
    damage in the area where they collide
    C. a building is shaken off its first-floor posts, obliterating
    everything in that first floor space  
    D. brickwork on the face of a building is shaken off into the street  
    a building topples over because one side of its foundations sinks 0%  
    E. into ground softened by liquefaction

    Score: 0/1
     

    4.
    What kind of deformation is most frequently and easily visible in rocks?

      Student Response Value Correct Answer


    brittle 0%  
    A.
      B. normal  
    C. plastic
     
    D. fluid  
    E. elastic  
    Score: 0/1
     

    5.
    Both the Richter and Moment Magnitude scales are used to quantify ______.

      Student Response Value Correct Answer


    A. the intensity of ground motion felt as earthquake energy passes a  
    particular location
    B. the difference in travel time between P- and S-waves  
      C. amount of damage to manmade structures  
    D. the extent of disaster (cost in lives and dollars) caused by an  
    earthquake
    energy released at the hypocenter of an earthquake 100%
     
    E.
    Score: 1/1
     
     

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