Exam 21: Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics

Large fractures in Earth's surface that are associated with the movement of lithospheric plates are called ______________.

What is the name of the surface along which rock formations move?

What type of faulting results from expansive stresses?

Earthquake S waves are

The three principal types of mountain building are fold, fault-block, and ______________.

Which of the following is not one of the three types of plate boundaries?

The sharply defined boundary that separates the crust from the mantle is called ______________.

Large fractures in Earth's surface that are associated with movement of lithospheric plates are called ______________.

A(n) ______________ is manifested by the vibrating and sometimes violent movement of Earth's surface.

The Himalayas in Asia are examples of ______________ mountains.

What is the name of the earthquake scale that gives an absolute measure of the energy released by an earthquake?

One plate pulls away from another and new ocean rock is formed at the type of plate boundary called ______________.

Longitudinal seismic body waves are known by the letter ______________.

The San Andreas fault lies on the boundary of the Pacific plate and the ____________ plate.

The Grand Tetons are examples of which type of mountain?

Evidence of seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is given by

The part of the mantle located directly below the lithosphere is called the ______________.

______________ mountains are believed to have been built by normal faulting in which giant pieces of Earth's crust were tilted and uplifted.

S seismic waves can travel only through ______________.

In 1960, the scientist named __________ proposed the concept of seafloor spreading.