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What type of forces dominates at transform plate margins?
a. shearing
b. None
c. tensional
d. compressive - Answer a. shearing
The angle at which a sedimentary bed is inclined from horizontal is called the:
a. dip
b. strike
c. azimuth
d. plunge - Answer a. dip
In a symmetrical syncline fold structure, the limbs of the fold dip:
a. away from eachother
b. None
c. toward eachother
d. in the same direction - Answer c. Toward eachother
The modification of rocks by squeezing, stretching, folding and faulting is:
a. metamorphism
b. shaping
c. deformation
d. pressuring - Answer c. deformation
A geologic cross section shows:
a. hills and valleys of a map area
b. the same information as a geologic map
c. a vertical slice cut through a part of the crust
, d. what you would see in the ceiling of a mine - Answer c. a vertical slice cut through a
part of the crust
Igneous and metamorphic rocks in the crystalline basement tend to be _____ whereas
overlying sedimentary rocks are commonly ____.
a. hard and brittle, also hard and brittle
b. hard and brittle, soft and ductile
c. soft and ductile, hard and brittle
d. soft and ductile, also soft and ductile - Answer b. hard and brittle, soft and ductile
Rocks ______ under tensional forces than under compressive forces.
a. break more easily
b. wont break at all
c. break less easily
d. break the same under both conditions - Answer a. break more easily
A region of folds cut by normal faults indicates the following sequence:
a. tension followed by compression
b. compression followed by tension
c. shear followed by compression
d. tension followed by shear - Answer b. compression followed by tension
which of the following types of deformation are observed along the San Andres fault ?
a. reverse faulting
b. all
c. strike-slip faulting
d. rifting and volcanic activity - Answer b. all
What can a geologist learn by measuring the orientation of faults and fold structures in a
particular location?
a.The orientation of the continental plate at the time of folding
b. the ages of the deformed rocks
c. whether or not a magma chamber is present
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