Question 1

What type of structure is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) joint 
B) cleavage 
C) fault 
D) anticline 
E) syncline 
A) joint 
B) cleavage 
C) fault 
D) anticline 
E) syncline

Question 2

What type of fold is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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 4

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 5

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A) normal fault 
B) reverse fault 
C) strike-slip fault 
A) normal fault 
B) reverse fault 
C) strike-slip fault

Question 6

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

This rock is a black and white banded rock with coarse crystals of biotite,quartz,and garnet.Foliation is associated with the folds.What is the correct name for this rock?

Accepted Answer

A) slate 
B) gneiss 
C) marble 
D) greenstone 
A) slate 
B) gneiss 
C) marble 
D) greenstone

Question 8

Which location on this diagram would most likely record metamorphism along a subduction zone?

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) confining pressure 
D) tension 
A) fluid pressure 
B) compression 
C) confining pressure 
D) tension

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) a dominant orientation of long crystals 
B) alternating layers of dark- and light-colored rock types 
C) stretched crystals 
D) stretched pebbles 
E) linear streaks formed by smearing of minerals 
A) a dominant orientation of long crystals 
B) alternating layers of dark- and light-colored rock types 
C) stretched crystals 
D) stretched pebbles 
E) linear streaks formed by smearing of minerals

Question 11

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 12

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) fault scarp 
B) columnar joints 
C) shear zone 
D) folded metamorphic rocks 
A) fault scarp 
B) columnar joints 
C) shear zone 
D) folded metamorphic rocks

Question 13

What types of structures are shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) joints 
B) normal faults 
C) reverse faults 
D) anticlines 
E) synclines 
A) joints 
B) normal faults 
C) reverse faults 
D) anticlines 
E) synclines

Question 14

What type of fault is forming here?

Accepted Answer

A) normal fault 
B) reverse fault 
C) strike-slip fault 
D) oblique-slip faults 
A) normal fault 
B) reverse fault 
C) strike-slip fault 
D) oblique-slip faults

Question 15

What type of tectonic event formed the main structures in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

A) rifting and stretching of the continental crust 
B) rifting and thickening of the continental crust 
C) melting associated with an ocean-continent convergent margin 
D) a continental collision 
A) rifting and stretching of the continental crust 
B) rifting and thickening of the continental crust 
C) melting associated with an ocean-continent convergent margin 
D) a continental collision

Question 16

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

Accepted Answer

A) normal fault 
B) strike-slip fault 
C) reverse fault 
D) none of these 
A) normal fault 
B) strike-slip fault 
C) reverse fault 
D) none of these

Question 17

In what environments does low pressure/high 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 18

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 19

If the view is looking north,in what direction were the rocks shortened to form the fold and the cleavage?

Accepted Answer

A) north-south 
B) east-west 
C) northwest-southeast 
D) northeast-southwest 
A) north-south 
B) east-west 
C) northwest-southeast 
D) northeast-southwest

Question 20

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

Accepted Answer

A) deforming objects into new shapes 
B) rotation of minerals into a common orientation 
C) remobilization of chemical constituents into light and dark bands 
D) dissolving some parts of the rock and carrying the material away 
E) all of these 
A) deforming objects into new shapes 
B) rotation of minerals into a common orientation 
C) remobilization of chemical constituents into light and dark bands 
D) dissolving some parts of the rock and carrying the material away 
E) all of these

What type of structure is shown in this photograph?

What type of fold is shown in this figure?

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

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

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

This rock is a black and white banded rock with coarse crystals of biotite,quartz,and garnet.Foliation is associated with the folds.What is the correct name for this rock?

Which location on this diagram would most likely record metamorphism along a subduction zone?

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

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

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

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

What types of structures are shown in this photograph?

What type of fault is forming here?

What type of tectonic event formed the main structures in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

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

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

If the view is looking north,in what direction were the rocks shortened to form the fold and the cleavage?

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

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Exam 8: Deformation and Metamorphism

What type of structure is shown in this photograph?

What type of fold is shown in this figure?

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

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

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

This rock is a black and white banded rock with coarse crystals of biotite,quartz,and garnet.Foliation is associated with the folds.What is the correct name for this rock?

Which location on this diagram would most likely record metamorphism along a subduction zone?

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

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

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

What type of feature is shown in this photograph?

What types of structures are shown in this photograph?

What type of fault is forming here?

What type of tectonic event formed the main structures in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains?

What type of fault is shown in this figure?

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

What type of structure is shown in this figure?

If the view is looking north,in what direction were the rocks shortened to form the fold and the cleavage?

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

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

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