Exam 14: The Internal Processes

The current interest in continental drift was started with the notion of sea-floor spreading, which was propounded by Hess and Dietz in the

Deep fault zones apparently serve as conduits allowing water and heat to approach the surface.

Plate tectonic theory explains many seemingly unrelated phenomena. Explain how the patterns of volcanoes and earthquakes are related to plate tectonics.

In the Precambrian, muds and sands were washed into a shallow inland sea now occupied by the Rocky Mountains. The limestones, shales, and sandstones which accumulated into six distinct formations, each with a conspicuous color variation, are known collectively as the ________.

The Great Rift Valley is on the continent of ________.

An example of a large syncline is the Sierra Nevada.

What is the term for a piece of crust which has been in a collision along a convergent crustal boundary and become accreted to another crustal plate?

The state having the greatest extent of flood basalts is ________.

________ is the part of the United States where one could see terranes.

A fault is any break in the Earth's surface or crust.

Which of the following are fault-block mountains?

The event that occurred the closest in time to the formation of Pangaea was

A(n) ________ fault results from compressional forces and is frequently associated with landslides.

A batholith is an igneous extrusive landform.