Question 1

What are slickensides?

Accepted Answer

A) Joints made as an igneous rock cools and contracts 
B) Fractures made in a rock as a result of tensional stress 
C) Folded rocks along a convergent boundary 
D) Polished and striated surfaces made on fault blocks 
A) Joints made as an igneous rock cools and contracts 
B) Fractures made in a rock as a result of tensional stress 
C) Folded rocks along a convergent boundary 
D) Polished and striated surfaces made on fault blocks

Question 2

Joints are fractures in a rock created by tension and will demonstrate significant displacement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which type of fault was responsible for the devastation associated with the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco?

Accepted Answer

A) Transform 
B) Normal 
C) Reverse 
D) Thrust 
A) Transform 
B) Normal 
C) Reverse 
D) Thrust

Question 4

What are the four factors that influence rock strength? Describe how they will affect the rock when it is under stress.

Accepted Answer

Higher temperatures make the rocks softe

Question 5

Which of the following scenarios would best indicate that a thrust fault is present at a location?

Accepted Answer

A) The hanging wall of the fault has slipped down. 
B) Two parts of the same rock have been horizontally displaced by 20 feet. 
C) Cambrian-aged rocks have been shoved on top of Jurassic-aged rocks. 
D) The crust has lengthened, allowing a graben to slip down and create a pull-apart basin. 
A) The hanging wall of the fault has slipped down. 
B) Two parts of the same rock have been horizontally displaced by 20 feet. 
C) Cambrian-aged rocks have been shoved on top of Jurassic-aged rocks. 
D) The crust has lengthened, allowing a graben to slip down and create a pull-apart basin.

Question 6

A(n)________ fold has limbs that are tilted beyond the vertical to the point that the axial plane is horizontal, giving it the appearance of lying on its side.

Accepted Answer

A) recumbent 
B) overturned 
C) plunging 
D) inverted 
A) recumbent 
B) overturned 
C) plunging 
D) inverted

What are slickensides?

Joints are fractures in a rock created by tension and will demonstrate significant displacement.

Which type of fault was responsible for the devastation associated with the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco?

What are the four factors that influence rock strength? Describe how they will affect the rock when it is under stress.

Which of the following scenarios would best indicate that a thrust fault is present at a location?

A(n)________ fold has limbs that are tilted beyond the vertical to the point that the axial plane is horizontal, giving it the appearance of lying on its side.

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Geologic Time

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Earths Interior

Divergent Boundaries

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Mass Wasting

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Exam 10: Crustal Deformation

What are slickensides?

Joints are fractures in a rock created by tension and will demonstrate significant displacement.

Which type of fault was responsible for the devastation associated with the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco?

What are the four factors that influence rock strength? Describe how they will affect the rock when it is under stress.

Which of the following scenarios would best indicate that a thrust fault is present at a location?

A(n)________ fold has limbs that are tilted beyond the vertical to the point that the axial plane is horizontal, giving it the appearance of lying on its side.

An Introduction to Geology

Plate Tectonics: a Scientific Revolution Unfolds

Matter and Minerals

Magma, Igneous Rocks, and Intrusive Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Earthquakes

Earths Interior

Divergent Boundaries

Convergent Boundaries

Mass Wasting

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Global Climate Change

Earths Evolution Through Geologic Time

Energy and Mineral Resources

Touring Our Solar System

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