Seismic hazards Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NCIDQ IDFX Practice Exam Questions with 100% correct Answers Latest Update 2024/2025 (Verified) When does the designer transfer all warranties and manuals? - correct answer when the designer is the seller of the goods when goods are shipped FOB destination, who has the title to them while in transit? - correct answer the seller when goods are shipped FOB factory, who has the title to them while in transit? - correct answer the buyer (transfer when goods leave the manufacturer/seller) what ...

ucla eps sci 1 final EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 define science - answerThe observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena. OR a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. define geology - answerThe scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth. Give examples of how science can be useful - answerThey ...

ISP 203B-Exam 2 Questions With 100% Correct Answers Affects of earthquakes and Landslides - answerEffect of water on ground stability Landslides, Glaciers and Volcanic products - answerDense material flows downslope Hot material (air, volcanoes and magma) - answerRises Cold material - answerSinks Earthquakes and volcanoes - answerRocks crack under stress Love waves - answer-Structures are weaker to horizontal shaking -Needs reinforcement -Surface seismic waves that cause horizontal shif...

Where and why do earthquakes occur? - ANSWER-Earthquakes occur along plate boundaries and faults due to rocks underground breaking along a fault Are faults the same as plate boundaries? - ANSWER-No; Faults are cracks in rocks/plates, and plate boundaries are where the plates end (Plate boundaries are all faults, but not all faults are plate boundaries - most are not) What are the major types of seismic waves? Which travels fastest? Which causes most damage? - ANSWER-P and S waves. S waves ...

ISP 203B Exam 2 and 3 Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 True or False: Wegener used plate tectonics to explain continental drift. - answerFalse True or False: In measuring earthquakes, an event with a Richter magnitude of 5.0 is only slightly stronger than one with a magnitude of 4.0. - answerFalse In Comparison to developing countries, catastrophic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause _________. - answerMore economic damage, but less loss of life The c...

IDPX Exam Questions with 100% correct Answers Latest Update 2024/2025 (Verified) When does the designer transfer all warranties and manuals? - correct answer when the designer is the seller of the goods when goods are shipped FOB destination, who has the title to them while in transit? - correct answer the seller when goods are shipped FOB factory, who has the title to them while in transit? - correct answer the buyer (transfer when goods leave the manufacturer/seller) what is involved in ...

Seismic upgrades indicate what? That the building is pre-33 masonry construction. They are not present on post-33 masonry buildings. Where are pre-33 seismic upgrades visible? Most often they are visible from the side and read walls. What are 3 types of seismic upgrades found on pre-33 masonry construction? 1. Concrete caps on the top of parapet walls. 2. Bond beams wherever trusses contact the exterior bearing walls. 3. Rafter tie plates wherever floor joists or roof rasters ...

ASBOG GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023/2024 Asthenosphere - correct answer Under the lithosphere, it is the weak upper mantle where isostatic adjustments are made, magma generated, and seismic waves are strongly attenuated Attenuation - correct answer A reduction in the amplitude of seismic waves produced by divergance, scattering, reflection, and absorption Avalanche - correct answer A large mass of snow, ice, rock, of mixtures of the above, falling, slid...

This resource is a full set of revision notes on the CCEA A2 topic of plates and tectonic theory. It includes subtopics such as the theory of plate tectonics, composition of earth, evidence for movement of plates, causes of seafloor spreading and subduction, types of plate margins, landforms, hotspots, volcano distribution and activity, hazards and benefits of volcanic activity, preparation and monitoring, response and effects, case study on Pinatubo volcano in Philippines, seismic activity, imp...

California: Real Estate Principles Practice Exam 1 fully solved graded A+ already passed1 of 50 - Which form of payment is most common for a property manager? A. A percentage of income. B. A salary. C. A flat fee. D. All of the Above - correct answer A. A percentage of income. 2 of 50 - Which of the following is exempt from the Natural Hazards Disclosure? A. A special flood area. B. A geological hazard. C. A wildland high fire severity area. D. A seismic hazard zone. - correct ans...