Question 1

Divergent plate boundaries are responsible for most orogenies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following have become terranes?

Accepted Answer

A)  island arcs and ocean ridges 
B)  seamounts 
C)  fragments of other continents 
D)  island arcs, ocean ridges, and seamounts 
E)  island arcs, ocean ridges, seamounts, and fragments of other continents 
A)  island arcs and ocean ridges 
B)  seamounts 
C)  fragments of other continents 
D)  island arcs, ocean ridges, and seamounts 
E)  island arcs, ocean ridges, seamounts, and fragments of other continents

Question 3

What is an orogeny? What does a theory of orogeny need to explain?

Accepted Answer

An orogeny is the process of mountain bu

Question 4

A fault with both dip-slip and strike-slip movement is classified as a thrust fault.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How can you tell a dome from a basin?

Accepted Answer

In a dome, all of the folded strata dip

Question 6

The Andes formed as result of oceanic-continental convergence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A fold is the result of ____________________ deformation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A fold is the result of ____________________...

Question 8

In an anticline, the beds in its axial region are ____________________ in age than the beds of its limbs and all strata dip ____________________ the axial plane.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In an anticline, the beds in its...

Question 9

What is meant when a fold is described as being recumbent?

Accepted Answer

The axial

Question 10

What does tension stress result from?

Accepted Answer

Tension stress resul

Question 11

What are the three types of stress, and how do they affect rocks?

Accepted Answer

Compressional stress is one in which for

Question 12

A fold that has axial beds that are younger than those of its limbs and limbs that dip toward its axis is called a(n) ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A fold that has axial beds that...

Question 13

Uplifted blocks are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  tensional blocks. 
B)  grabens. 
C)  horsts. 
D)  fault blocks. 
E)  graves. 
A)  tensional blocks. 
B)  grabens. 
C)  horsts. 
D)  fault blocks. 
E)  graves.

Question 14

How did the monocline in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming form?

Accepted Answer

The Bighorn Mountains rose vertically al

Question 15

In a reverse fault, the:

Accepted Answer

A)  hanging wall block goes up relative to the footwall block. 
B)  hanging wall block goes down relative to the footwall block. 
C)  hanging wall block and footwall block remain in the same position vertically. 
D)  two sides of the fault slide past each other horizontally. 
E)  two sides of the fault move away from each other. 
A)  hanging wall block goes up relative to the footwall block. 
B)  hanging wall block goes down relative to the footwall block. 
C)  hanging wall block and footwall block remain in the same position vertically. 
D)  two sides of the fault slide past each other horizontally. 
E)  two sides of the fault move away from each other.

Question 16

The forces that have created the Basin and Range Province of the western United States are transformational.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Volcanic island arcs are characteristic of which type of convergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

A)  continental-continental 
B)  continental-oceanic 
C)  oceanic-oceanic 
D)  continental-oceanic and oceanic-oceanic 
E)  continental-continental; continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic 
A)  continental-continental 
B)  continental-oceanic 
C)  oceanic-oceanic 
D)  continental-oceanic and oceanic-oceanic 
E)  continental-continental; continental-oceanic, and oceanic-oceanic

Question 18

What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts?

Accepted Answer

The iceberg rises higher in th

Question 19

An oval fold in which strata are up-arched and the younger rocks are found in the interior is a basin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What does compression stress result from?

Accepted Answer

Compression stress r

Divergent plate boundaries are responsible for most orogenies.

Which of the following have become terranes?

What is an orogeny? What does a theory of orogeny need to explain?

A fault with both dip-slip and strike-slip movement is classified as a thrust fault.

How can you tell a dome from a basin?

The Andes formed as result of oceanic-continental convergence.

A fold is the result of ____________________ deformation.

In an anticline, the beds in its axial region are in age than the beds of its limbs and all strata dip the axial plane.

What is meant when a fold is described as being recumbent?

What does tension stress result from?

What are the three types of stress, and how do they affect rocks?

A fold that has axial beds that are younger than those of its limbs and limbs that dip toward its axis is called a(n) ____________________.

Uplifted blocks are called:

How did the monocline in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming form?

In a reverse fault, the:

The forces that have created the Basin and Range Province of the western United States are transformational.

Volcanic island arcs are characteristic of which type of convergent plate boundaries?

What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts?

An oval fold in which strata are up-arched and the younger rocks are found in the interior is a basin.

What does compression stress result from?

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Exam 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

Divergent plate boundaries are responsible for most orogenies.

Which of the following have become terranes?

What is an orogeny? What does a theory of orogeny need to explain?

A fault with both dip-slip and strike-slip movement is classified as a thrust fault.

How can you tell a dome from a basin?

The Andes formed as result of oceanic-continental convergence.

A fold is the result of ____________________ deformation.

In an anticline, the beds in its axial region are ____________________ in age than the beds of its limbs and all strata dip ____________________ the axial plane.

What is meant when a fold is described as being recumbent?

What does tension stress result from?

What are the three types of stress, and how do they affect rocks?

A fold that has axial beds that are younger than those of its limbs and limbs that dip toward its axis is called a(n) ____________________.

Uplifted blocks are called:

How did the monocline in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming form?

In a reverse fault, the:

The forces that have created the Basin and Range Province of the western United States are transformational.

Volcanic island arcs are characteristic of which type of convergent plate boundaries?

What happens if some of the above water portion of an iceberg melts?

An oval fold in which strata are up-arched and the younger rocks are found in the interior is a basin.

What does compression stress result from?

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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In an anticline, the beds in its axial region are in age than the beds of its limbs and all strata dip the axial plane.