Question 1

What type of stress could form the fault in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  confining pressure 
B)  horizontal tension 
C)  horizontal compression 
D)  horizontal pushing 
E)  any of these 
A)  confining pressure 
B)  horizontal tension 
C)  horizontal compression 
D)  horizontal pushing 
E)  any of these

Question 2

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal anticline 
B)  horizontal syncline 
C)  plunging anticline 
D)  plunging syncline 
E)  asymmetric anticline 
A)  horizontal anticline 
B)  horizontal syncline 
C)  plunging anticline 
D)  plunging syncline 
E)  asymmetric anticline

Question 3

Which of the following features is probably the same age as fault 2?

Accepted Answer

A)  lava flow 
B)  granite 
C)  tilted layers 
D)  deposits along the fault 
E)  all of these 
A)  lava flow 
B)  granite 
C)  tilted layers 
D)  deposits along the fault 
E)  all of these

Question 4

Which are true of faults?

Accepted Answer

A)  A lateral fault may result from horizontal compression. 
B)  Orientation of a fault depends on directions of stresses. 
C)  Vertical compression may result in a more vertically oriented fault. 
D)  These are all true of faults. 
A)  A lateral fault may result from horizontal compression. 
B)  Orientation of a fault depends on directions of stresses. 
C)  Vertical compression may result in a more vertically oriented fault. 
D)  These are all true of faults.

Question 5

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A)  anticline 
B)  columnar joints 
C)  scratch marks along a fault 
D)  folded metamorphic rocks 
E)  all of these 
A)  anticline 
B)  columnar joints 
C)  scratch marks along a fault 
D)  folded metamorphic rocks 
E)  all of these

Question 6

How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rocks become stronger with depth and then get weaker deep in the crust. 
B)  Rocks weaken with depth and then get stronger deep in the crust. 
C)  Rocks systematically get stronger from the surface to deep in the crust. 
D)  Rocks systematically get weaker from the surface to deep in the crust. 
A)  Rocks become stronger with depth and then get weaker deep in the crust. 
B)  Rocks weaken with depth and then get stronger deep in the crust. 
C)  Rocks systematically get stronger from the surface to deep in the crust. 
D)  Rocks systematically get weaker from the surface to deep in the crust.

Question 7

Which of the following choices best describes the inclination of the axial surface of the fold in the following image?

Accepted Answer

A)  steeply inclined or upright 
B)  moderately inclined 
A)  steeply inclined or upright 
B)  moderately inclined

Question 8

Which of these conditions could form rocks that are partly metamorphic and partly igneous?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4 
A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4

Question 9

What type of stress formed the structure shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  fluid pressure 
B)  compression 
C)  tension 
D)  test anxiety 
E)  none of these 
A)  fluid pressure 
B)  compression 
C)  tension 
D)  test anxiety 
E)  none of these

Question 10

A fold that has only one dipping segment is an):

Accepted Answer

A)  anticline 
B)  syncline 
C)  monocline 
A)  anticline 
B)  syncline 
C)  monocline

Question 11

How would you describe the fold shown in this cross section?

Accepted Answer

A)  an overturned anticline 
B)  a syncline with a gently inclined axial surface 
C)  an upright or steeply inclined syncline 
D)  a dome 
A)  an overturned anticline 
B)  a syncline with a gently inclined axial surface 
C)  an upright or steeply inclined syncline 
D)  a dome

Question 12

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates typical continental conditions regional metamorphism)?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4 
A)  1 
B)  2 
C)  3 
D)  4

Question 13

In what environments does high pressure/low temperature metamorphism occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  near magma but at shallow levels 
B)  near magma but at deep levels 
C)  under normal conditions of burial and heating 
D)  in a subduction zone or accretionary prism 
E)  none of these 
A)  near magma but at shallow levels 
B)  near magma but at deep levels 
C)  under normal conditions of burial and heating 
D)  in a subduction zone or accretionary prism 
E)  none of these

Question 14

Which of the following describes lineation?

Accepted Answer

A)  May be due to elongated mineral crystals that grow in linear orientation. 
B)  Stretched-out mineral crystals may show lineation. 
C)  Can form under ductile shearing. 
D)  All of these describe lineation. 
A)  May be due to elongated mineral crystals that grow in linear orientation. 
B)  Stretched-out mineral crystals may show lineation. 
C)  Can form under ductile shearing. 
D)  All of these describe lineation.

Question 15

Which of the following indicates that a fault is present in the center of this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rocks are folded into an anticline 
B)  the offset and termination of the rock layers 
C)  the dark coloring on rocks on the left side 
D)  the lack of dark coloring on rocks to the right 
E)  all of these 
A)  the rocks are folded into an anticline 
B)  the offset and termination of the rock layers 
C)  the dark coloring on rocks on the left side 
D)  the lack of dark coloring on rocks to the right 
E)  all of these

Question 16

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  thrust fault 
B)  anticline 
C)  syncline 
D)  monocline 
E)  dome 
A)  thrust fault 
B)  anticline 
C)  syncline 
D)  monocline 
E)  dome

Question 17

Shale is metamorphosed into three rock types: 1) a banded gneissic rock; 2) a rock with small mica crystals with a shiny aspect; 3) a very shiny rock with large mica crystals; and 4) a dull slate with cleavage. Which of the following lists these rocks in order of increasing metamorphic grade?

Accepted Answer

A)  1, 2, 3, 4 
B)  4, 3, 2, 1 
C)  2, 3, 4, 1 
D)  4, 2, 3, 1 
E)  3, 2, 4, 1 
A)  1, 2, 3, 4 
B)  4, 3, 2, 1 
C)  2, 3, 4, 1 
D)  4, 2, 3, 1 
E)  3, 2, 4, 1

Question 18

What structural and metamorphic features form in a fold and thrust belt?

Accepted Answer

A)  anticlines and synclines related to movement of thrust sheets over bends in thrust faults 
B)  cleavage 
C)  a predominance of normal faults 
D)  all of these 
E)  a and b only 
A)  anticlines and synclines related to movement of thrust sheets over bends in thrust faults 
B)  cleavage 
C)  a predominance of normal faults 
D)  all of these 
E)  a and b only

Question 19

Which of the following does NOT cause metamorphism?

Accepted Answer

A)  heating by magma 
B)  subduction 
C)  a change in stress 
D)  shearing at depth 
E)  any of these can cause metamorphism 
A)  heating by magma 
B)  subduction 
C)  a change in stress 
D)  shearing at depth 
E)  any of these can cause metamorphism

Question 20

What does the horizontal line along the intersection of the plane and the water represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  the direction of dip on the plane 
B)  the direction in which a fault slipped 
C)  the hanging wall 
D)  a normal fault 
E)  the strike of the surface 
A)  the direction of dip on the plane 
B)  the direction in which a fault slipped 
C)  the hanging wall 
D)  a normal fault 
E)  the strike of the surface

What type of stress could form the fault in this figure?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Which of the following features is probably the same age as fault 2?

Which are true of faults?

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?

Which of the following choices best describes the inclination of the axial surface of the fold in the following image?

Which of these conditions could form rocks that are partly metamorphic and partly igneous?

What type of stress formed the structure shown in this figure?

A fold that has only one dipping segment is an):

How would you describe the fold shown in this cross section?

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates typical continental conditions regional metamorphism)?

In what environments does high pressure/low temperature metamorphism occur?

Which of the following describes lineation?

Which of the following indicates that a fault is present in the center of this photograph?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Shale is metamorphosed into three rock types: 1) a banded gneissic rock; 2) a rock with small mica crystals with a shiny aspect; 3) a very shiny rock with large mica crystals; and 4) a dull slate with cleavage. Which of the following lists these rocks in order of increasing metamorphic grade?

What structural and metamorphic features form in a fold and thrust belt?

Which of the following does NOT cause metamorphism?

What does the horizontal line along the intersection of the plane and the water represent?

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Exam 8: Deformation and Metamorphism

What type of stress could form the fault in this figure?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Which of the following features is probably the same age as fault 2?

Which are true of faults?

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?

Which of the following choices best describes the inclination of the axial surface of the fold in the following image?

Which of these conditions could form rocks that are partly metamorphic and partly igneous?

What type of stress formed the structure shown in this figure?

A fold that has only one dipping segment is an):

How would you describe the fold shown in this cross section?

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates typical continental conditions regional metamorphism)?

In what environments does high pressure/low temperature metamorphism occur?

Which of the following describes lineation?

Which of the following indicates that a fault is present in the center of this photograph?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Shale is metamorphosed into three rock types: 1) a banded gneissic rock; 2) a rock with small mica crystals with a shiny aspect; 3) a very shiny rock with large mica crystals; and 4) a dull slate with cleavage. Which of the following lists these rocks in order of increasing metamorphic grade?

What structural and metamorphic features form in a fold and thrust belt?

Which of the following does NOT cause metamorphism?

What does the horizontal line along the intersection of the plane and the water represent?

The Nature of Geology

Investigating Geologic Questions

Plate Tectonics

Earth Materials

Igneous Environments

Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards

Sedimentary Environments

Geologic Time

Seafloor and Continental Margins

Mountains, Basins, and Continents

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Climate and Weathering

Glaciers, Shorelines, and Changing Sea Levels

Weathering, Soil, and Unstable Slopes

Streams and Flooding

Water Resources

Energy and Mineral Resources

Geology of the Solar System

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