Blinn Geology
1403 Lab Exam 2
questions and
answers 2025
Topography - answer the differences in elevations of surface features
Topographic map - answer a two-dimensional representation of a three-
dimensional land surface; shows the size, shape & elevation of various land
features
Relief - answer the difference in elevation of an area of the Earth's surface
Quadrangle - answer section of the earth's surface that is bounded by lines of
latitude and longitude
Contour lines - answer lines on a map connecting points that have the same
elevation
Contour interval - answer the difference in elevation between two contour lines
Parallels of latitude - answer Horizontal lines on the globe
Meridians of longitude - answer Vertical lines on the globe
, UTM coordinates - answer a rectangular grid system that divides the world into 60
north-south zones
Ratio scale - answer a quantitative scale of measurement in which the numerals
have equal intervals
Earthquake - answer The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath
Earth's surface.
Epicenter - answer Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
Focus - answer The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress
and causes an earthquake
Seismograph - answer A device that records ground movements caused by
seismic waves as they move through Earth
Seismogram - answer the record made by a seismograph
P waves - answer compressional waves that are transmitted through solids and
liquids. The fastest earthquake waves
S waves - answer shear waves that only travel through solids. slower than p
waves
Amplitude - answer the size of earthquake waves on a seismogram
Magnitude - answer Measure of the energy released during an earthquake
Liquefaction - answer The process by which an earthquake's violent movement
suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud
Fault - answer a fracture in rock along which movement has occurred
1403 Lab Exam 2
questions and
answers 2025
Topography - answer the differences in elevations of surface features
Topographic map - answer a two-dimensional representation of a three-
dimensional land surface; shows the size, shape & elevation of various land
features
Relief - answer the difference in elevation of an area of the Earth's surface
Quadrangle - answer section of the earth's surface that is bounded by lines of
latitude and longitude
Contour lines - answer lines on a map connecting points that have the same
elevation
Contour interval - answer the difference in elevation between two contour lines
Parallels of latitude - answer Horizontal lines on the globe
Meridians of longitude - answer Vertical lines on the globe
, UTM coordinates - answer a rectangular grid system that divides the world into 60
north-south zones
Ratio scale - answer a quantitative scale of measurement in which the numerals
have equal intervals
Earthquake - answer The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath
Earth's surface.
Epicenter - answer Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
Focus - answer The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress
and causes an earthquake
Seismograph - answer A device that records ground movements caused by
seismic waves as they move through Earth
Seismogram - answer the record made by a seismograph
P waves - answer compressional waves that are transmitted through solids and
liquids. The fastest earthquake waves
S waves - answer shear waves that only travel through solids. slower than p
waves
Amplitude - answer the size of earthquake waves on a seismogram
Magnitude - answer Measure of the energy released during an earthquake
Liquefaction - answer The process by which an earthquake's violent movement
suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud
Fault - answer a fracture in rock along which movement has occurred
