Question 1

This hard rock contains sand-sized grains of quartz.Fractures cut across,not around the sand grains.What is the correct name for this rock?

Accepted Answer

A) schist 
B) slate 
C) gneiss 
D) quartzite 
A) schist 
B) slate 
C) gneiss 
D) quartzite D

Question 2

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. A

Question 3

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 E

Question 4

What type of feature is shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

A) a fault 
B) tight folds formed at moderate to high temperatures 
C) cleavage 
D) columnar joints 
A) a fault 
B) tight folds formed at moderate to high temperatures 
C) cleavage 
D) columnar joints

Question 5

What types of features are shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

A) erosion of very tightly folded gneiss 
B) erosion along joints 
C) erosion of strong and weak layers 
D) erosion of a series of fault scarps 
A) erosion of very tightly folded gneiss 
B) erosion along joints 
C) erosion of strong and weak layers 
D) erosion of a series of fault scarps

Question 6

What type of metamorphic rock is shown here?

Accepted Answer

A) slate 
B) hornfels 
C) greenstone 
D) banded gneiss 
A) slate 
B) hornfels 
C) greenstone 
D) banded gneiss

Question 7

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) anticline 
B) syncline 
C) monocline 
D) lineation 
A) anticline 
B) syncline 
C) monocline 
D) lineation

Question 8

Why could the geologic setting in this figure cause metamorphism?

Accepted Answer

A) because it forces some rocks deeper as they are overridden by rocks above the fault 
B) it would only cause metamorphism very near the surface 
C) it would only cause metamorphism where the fault intersects the surface 
D) it cannot cause metamorphism 
E) none of these 
A) because it forces some rocks deeper as they are overridden by rocks above the fault 
B) it would only cause metamorphism very near the surface 
C) it would only cause metamorphism where the fault intersects the surface 
D) it cannot cause metamorphism 
E) none of these

Question 9

What type of feature is shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

A) a fold in metamorphic rocks 
B) a scarp along a strike-slip fault 
C) erosion of gently tilted layers 
D) a hogback 
A) a fold in metamorphic rocks 
B) a scarp along a strike-slip fault 
C) erosion of gently tilted layers 
D) a hogback

Question 10

What types of structures dominate the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

A) normal faults that uplift the ridges and downdrop the valleys 
B) glacially carved valleys and curved ridges of glacial deposits 
C) large folds and thrust faults that have been eroded 
D) high-grade metamorphic rocks and ridges of granite 
A) normal faults that uplift the ridges and downdrop the valleys 
B) glacially carved valleys and curved ridges of glacial deposits 
C) large folds and thrust faults that have been eroded 
D) high-grade metamorphic rocks and ridges of granite

Question 11

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates low pressure/high temperature metamorphic conditions?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

How would the force and stress on the wooden pillar in this figure change if the stone weight was the same size but the wooden pillar was narrower?

Accepted Answer

A) The amount of force and amount of stress would be unchanged. 
B) The amount of force and the amount of stress would both increase. 
C) The amount of force and the amount of stress would both decrease. 
D) The force would remain the same,but the amount of stress would increase. 
E) The force would remain the same,but the amount of stress would decrease. 
A) The amount of force and amount of stress would be unchanged. 
B) The amount of force and the amount of stress would both increase. 
C) The amount of force and the amount of stress would both decrease. 
D) The force would remain the same,but the amount of stress would increase. 
E) The force would remain the same,but the amount of stress would decrease.

Question 13

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) thrust fault 
B) normal fault 
C) cleavage 
D) hornfels 
A) thrust fault 
B) normal fault 
C) cleavage 
D) hornfels

Question 14

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 15

What type of metamorphism would occur in this setting?

Accepted Answer

A) regional metamorphism 
B) contact metamorphism 
C) subduction 
D) thrust faulting 
A) regional metamorphism 
B) contact metamorphism 
C) subduction 
D) thrust faulting

Question 16

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) cleavage in slate 
B) hornfels 
C) foliation in banded gneiss 
D) thrust fault 
A) cleavage in slate 
B) hornfels 
C) foliation in banded gneiss 
D) thrust fault

Question 17

What are the three main types of stress?

Accepted Answer

A) compression,tension,and shear 
B) confining stress,deformation,and folding 
C) convergence,divergence,and transform faulting 
D) positive,negative,and neutral 
E) none of these 
A) compression,tension,and shear 
B) confining stress,deformation,and folding 
C) convergence,divergence,and transform faulting 
D) positive,negative,and neutral 
E) none of these

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) confining pressure 
B) vertical tension 
C) shear 
D) none of these 
A) confining pressure 
B) vertical tension 
C) shear 
D) none of these

Question 19

Which of the following does NOT help define foliation in metamorphic rocks?

Accepted Answer

A) a dominant orientation of crystals,such as mica 
B) light- and dark-colored bands 
C) flattened shapes of deformed objects,such as pebbles 
D) crystals that grow in a random orientation 
E) all of these 
A) a dominant orientation of crystals,such as mica 
B) light- and dark-colored bands 
C) flattened shapes of deformed objects,such as pebbles 
D) crystals that grow in a random orientation 
E) all of these

Question 20

Which of the following features is older than fault 1?

Accepted Answer

A) lava flow 
B) granite 
C) tilted layers 
D) lava flow and granite 
E) tilted layers and granite 
A) lava flow 
B) granite 
C) tilted layers 
D) lava flow and granite 
E) tilted layers and granite

This hard rock contains sand-sized grains of quartz.Fractures cut across,not around the sand grains.What is the correct name for this rock?

How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?

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

What type of feature is shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

What types of features are shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

What type of metamorphic rock is shown here?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

Why could the geologic setting in this figure cause metamorphism?

What type of feature is shown in this image?

What types of structures dominate the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates low pressure/high temperature metamorphic conditions?

How would the force and stress on the wooden pillar in this figure change if the stone weight was the same size but the wooden pillar was narrower?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

What type of metamorphism would occur in this setting?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

What are the three main types of stress?

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

Which of the following does NOT help define foliation in metamorphic rocks?

Which of the following features is older than fault 1?

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Exam 8: Deformation and Metamorphism

This hard rock contains sand-sized grains of quartz.Fractures cut across,not around the sand grains.What is the correct name for this rock?

How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?

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

What type of feature is shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

What types of features are shown in this photograph of unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks?

What type of metamorphic rock is shown here?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

Why could the geologic setting in this figure cause metamorphism?

What type of feature is shown in this image?

What types of structures dominate the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

Which of the numbers on this figure indicates low pressure/high temperature metamorphic conditions?

How would the force and stress on the wooden pillar in this figure change if the stone weight was the same size but the wooden pillar was narrower?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

What type of metamorphism would occur in this setting?

What type of metamorphic feature is shown in this photograph?

What are the three main types of stress?

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

Which of the following does NOT help define foliation in metamorphic rocks?

Which of the following features is older than fault 1?

The Nature of Geology

Investigating Geologic Questions

Plate Tectonics

Earth Materials

Igneous Environments

Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards

Sedimentary Environments and Rocks

Geologic Time

The Seafloor and Continental Margins

Mountains, basins, and Continents

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Climate, weather, and Their Influences on Geology

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

Filters