Question 1

A(n) ____________________ divides a fold into more or less two equal halves.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n) ____________________ divides a fold into more...

Question 2

How do continents grow? What material is added to them and how?

Accepted Answer

Continents grow by continental accretion

Question 3

Each half of a fold is known as a(n) ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Each half of a fold is known...

Question 4

Continental crust is always thicker than oceanic crust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What does shear stress result from?

Accepted Answer

Shear stresses resul

Question 6

Most folding of rocks occurs near the surface.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Movement along the San Andreas is:

Accepted Answer

A)  compressional. 
B)  tensional. 
C)  right-lateral. 
D)  left-lateral. 
E)  vertical. 
A)  compressional. 
B)  tensional. 
C)  right-lateral. 
D)  left-lateral. 
E)  vertical.

Question 8

What is strike? What is dip? How are they measured in rock layers?

Accepted Answer

Strike is the direction of a line formed

Question 9

If you're standing on ice above a pond and you hear a crack, you should:

Accepted Answer

A)  remain motionless until the cracking stops. 
B)  lie down on the ice to distribute your weight more broadly on the ice. 
C)  run as fast as you can to shore. 
D)  not worry because the ice will not break. 
E)  prepare for a swim. 
A)  remain motionless until the cracking stops. 
B)  lie down on the ice to distribute your weight more broadly on the ice. 
C)  run as fast as you can to shore. 
D)  not worry because the ice will not break. 
E)  prepare for a swim.

Question 10

What happens first when a stress is applied to a rock? What two things could happen if the stress continues to the next step?

Accepted Answer

When a stress is applied to a rock, it u

Question 11

What does tension stress result in?

Accepted Answer

Tension stress resul

Question 12

An important means of continental accretion is plutonism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the southeast moving North American Plate. Therefore, movement along the San Andreas is:

Accepted Answer

A)  compressional 
B)  tensional 
C)  right-lateral 
D)  left-lateral 
E)  vertical 
A)  compressional 
B)  tensional 
C)  right-lateral 
D)  left-lateral 
E)  vertical

Question 14

Rocks that are tilted were deposited:

Accepted Answer

A)  on a slope in their present orientation. 
B)  in an unknown orientation and then were tilted into their current position. 
C)  horizontally and then were tilted into their current orientation. 
D)  vertically and then were tilted into their current orientation. 
E)  on the continental shelf and then uplifted. 
A)  on a slope in their present orientation. 
B)  in an unknown orientation and then were tilted into their current position. 
C)  horizontally and then were tilted into their current orientation. 
D)  vertically and then were tilted into their current orientation. 
E)  on the continental shelf and then uplifted.

Question 15

What are stress and strain? How are they related to deformation?

Accepted Answer

Stress results from forces applied to a

Question 16

An up-arched fold is a(n) ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An up-arched fold is a(n) ____________________....

Question 17

What is the difference between stress and strain?

Accepted Answer

Stress is the deform

Question 18

What is the dip of an inclined layer of rock?

Accepted Answer

Dip is the maximum a

Question 19

What role do geologists play in construction of structures like bridges and power plants?

Accepted Answer

Geologists understan

Question 20

A(n) ____________________ is a circular or oval fold in which the strata are warped downwardly in the center and the beds on the flanks are ____________________ in age than the strata in the interior.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n) ____________________ is a circular or oval...

A(n) ____________________ divides a fold into more or less two equal halves.

How do continents grow? What material is added to them and how?

Each half of a fold is known as a(n) ____________________.

Continental crust is always thicker than oceanic crust.

What does shear stress result from?

Most folding of rocks occurs near the surface.

Movement along the San Andreas is:

What is strike? What is dip? How are they measured in rock layers?

If you're standing on ice above a pond and you hear a crack, you should:

What happens first when a stress is applied to a rock? What two things could happen if the stress continues to the next step?

What does tension stress result in?

An important means of continental accretion is plutonism.

At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the southeast moving North American Plate. Therefore, movement along the San Andreas is:

Rocks that are tilted were deposited:

What are stress and strain? How are they related to deformation?

An up-arched fold is a(n) ____________________.

What is the difference between stress and strain?

What is the dip of an inclined layer of rock?

What role do geologists play in construction of structures like bridges and power plants?

A(n) is a circular or oval fold in which the strata are warped downwardly in the center and the beds on the flanks are in age than the strata in the interior.

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Exam 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

A(n) ____________________ divides a fold into more or less two equal halves.

How do continents grow? What material is added to them and how?

Each half of a fold is known as a(n) ____________________.

Continental crust is always thicker than oceanic crust.

What does shear stress result from?

Most folding of rocks occurs near the surface.

Movement along the San Andreas is:

What is strike? What is dip? How are they measured in rock layers?

If you're standing on ice above a pond and you hear a crack, you should:

What happens first when a stress is applied to a rock? What two things could happen if the stress continues to the next step?

What does tension stress result in?

An important means of continental accretion is plutonism.

At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the southeast moving North American Plate. Therefore, movement along the San Andreas is:

Rocks that are tilted were deposited:

What are stress and strain? How are they related to deformation?

An up-arched fold is a(n) ____________________.

What is the difference between stress and strain?

What is the dip of an inclined layer of rock?

What role do geologists play in construction of structures like bridges and power plants?

A(n) ____________________ is a circular or oval fold in which the strata are warped downwardly in the center and the beds on the flanks are ____________________ in age than the strata in the interior.

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

Plate Tectonics: a Unifying Theory

Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Mass Wasting

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

The Work of Wind and Deserts

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Earth History

Life History

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A(n) is a circular or oval fold in which the strata are warped downwardly in the center and the beds on the flanks are in age than the strata in the interior.