Natural Disasters Final Exam Questions
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
Earthquake intensity is measured by the ________ scale. -
Correct Answers ✅Modified Mercalli
Which of the following associations is incorrect? - Correct
Answers ✅Convergent plate boundary- ocean vs. ocean
plates- rift zone
Transform plate boundaries are marked by? - Correct
Answers ✅Two plates sliding relative to one another
The Appalachian Mountains were formed from which of the
following ? - Correct Answers ✅Continental- continental
plate collision
New crust is being created at - Correct Answers
✅Divergent plate boudaries
Which of the following associations is incorrect? - Correct
Answers ✅Divergent plate boundary- tensional forces
Convergent plate boundary- compressional forces
Transform plate boundary- shear forces
The highest magnitude earthquakes are associated with what
specific type of tectonic plate motion? - Correct Answers
✅Subduction
,Natural Disasters Final Exam Questions
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
A material under stress. when the stress is released, the
material returns to its original shape. This material behavior
is called? - Correct Answers ✅Elastic
In the 2011 Japan earthquake, what caused the death of a
person in California? - Correct Answers ✅The person
drowned when they ignored warnings and tried to take a
photo of the tsunamis it came in
Which of the following sequences correctly lists the arrival of
earthquakes waves from the first to last? - Correct Answers
✅P waves, S waves, Surface waves
A material deforms under stress. When the stress is released,
the materials retains the new shape. This material behavior is
called? - Correct Answers ✅Plastic
What is Earth's lithosphere composed of? - Correct Answers
✅Crust and upper-most mantle
What type of fault is characterized by the footwall moving up
relative to the hanging (head) wall, creating a zone of
omission? - Correct Answers ✅Normal fault
, Natural Disasters Final Exam Questions
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
The most famous strike-slip fault in the world in the San
Andreas Fault in California, which is a _______ fault more than
800 miles long - Correct Answers ✅Right-lateral strike slip
The 1881-1812 New Madrid earthquake are apparently
related to? - Correct Answers ✅An old buried rift zone
Normal faults are associated with which tectonic force? -
Correct Answers ✅Tension
Which location in the United States is least likely to
experience an earthquake? - Correct Answers ✅North
Dakota
How many seismographs are required to locate the epicenter
of an earthquake? - Correct Answers ✅Three
_____ faults are commonly found at areas of plate
convergence where subduction or continental collision -
Correct Answers ✅Reverse
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the point
where the fault first ruptures is called the? - Correct
Answers ✅Epicenter
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
Earthquake intensity is measured by the ________ scale. -
Correct Answers ✅Modified Mercalli
Which of the following associations is incorrect? - Correct
Answers ✅Convergent plate boundary- ocean vs. ocean
plates- rift zone
Transform plate boundaries are marked by? - Correct
Answers ✅Two plates sliding relative to one another
The Appalachian Mountains were formed from which of the
following ? - Correct Answers ✅Continental- continental
plate collision
New crust is being created at - Correct Answers
✅Divergent plate boudaries
Which of the following associations is incorrect? - Correct
Answers ✅Divergent plate boundary- tensional forces
Convergent plate boundary- compressional forces
Transform plate boundary- shear forces
The highest magnitude earthquakes are associated with what
specific type of tectonic plate motion? - Correct Answers
✅Subduction
,Natural Disasters Final Exam Questions
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
A material under stress. when the stress is released, the
material returns to its original shape. This material behavior
is called? - Correct Answers ✅Elastic
In the 2011 Japan earthquake, what caused the death of a
person in California? - Correct Answers ✅The person
drowned when they ignored warnings and tried to take a
photo of the tsunamis it came in
Which of the following sequences correctly lists the arrival of
earthquakes waves from the first to last? - Correct Answers
✅P waves, S waves, Surface waves
A material deforms under stress. When the stress is released,
the materials retains the new shape. This material behavior is
called? - Correct Answers ✅Plastic
What is Earth's lithosphere composed of? - Correct Answers
✅Crust and upper-most mantle
What type of fault is characterized by the footwall moving up
relative to the hanging (head) wall, creating a zone of
omission? - Correct Answers ✅Normal fault
, Natural Disasters Final Exam Questions
and Answers (Top Grade Assured) 2026
Update
The most famous strike-slip fault in the world in the San
Andreas Fault in California, which is a _______ fault more than
800 miles long - Correct Answers ✅Right-lateral strike slip
The 1881-1812 New Madrid earthquake are apparently
related to? - Correct Answers ✅An old buried rift zone
Normal faults are associated with which tectonic force? -
Correct Answers ✅Tension
Which location in the United States is least likely to
experience an earthquake? - Correct Answers ✅North
Dakota
How many seismographs are required to locate the epicenter
of an earthquake? - Correct Answers ✅Three
_____ faults are commonly found at areas of plate
convergence where subduction or continental collision -
Correct Answers ✅Reverse
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the point
where the fault first ruptures is called the? - Correct
Answers ✅Epicenter
