GLY2010 Midterm 3 Exam Questions and
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What type of forces dominates at transform plate margins?
a. shearing
b. None
c. tensional
d. compressive - a. shearing
The angle at which a sedimentary bed is inclined from horizontal is called
the:
a. dip
b. strike
c....
The modification of rocks by squeezing, stretching, folding and faulting is:
a. metamorphism
b. shaping
c. deformation
d. pressuring - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔b. hard and brittle, soft and
ductile
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