Part VIII. Questions. Question 11. Based on the Seismic Monitorwebsite, how often are earthquakes occurring around the world?Where are these earthquakes distributed?
A. Daily
B. Weekly
C. Yearly
D. Over millenia
Part VIII. Questions. Question 10. What does a seismic hazardmaps represent?
A. How unlikely an earthquake is to occur in the next 50years.
B. Areas that have a 2% probability of experiencing a givenvertical ground acceleration or greater from an earthquake withinthe next 50 years.
C. How many earthquakes have been recorded at a given locationover the past 50 years.
Part VIII. Questions. Question 9. The travel-time curve showsthe relationship between distance from the epicenter and thedifference in arrival times for P- waves and S- waves.
A. True
B. False
Part VIII. Questions. Question 8. What is a seismogram?
A. An instrument that works on the principle
ofinertia, the tendency for a mass at rest to remain at rest, torecord the motions of the ground during an earthquake. Theseinstruments are attached to the Earth and record the ground motionat that location.
B. A record of seismic waves.
C. A seismic wave
Part VIII. Questions. Question 7. How much more energy isreleased by an earthquake with a magnitude 9.0 compared to amagnitude 7.0 earthquake?
A. 30 times the energy released
B. About 300 times the energy released
C. About 900 times the energy released.
D. About 9000 times the energy released.
Part VIII. Questions. Question 11. Based on the Seismic Monitor website, how often are earthquakes occurring around the
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