Quiz History_ Deformation and Mountain Building Quiz
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Deformation and Mountain Building Quiz Results
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20
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Question 1
At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the
southeast moving North American Plate. Therefore, movement along the
San Andreas is:
compressional
tensional
right-lateral
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left-lateral
vertical
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Question 2
In a(n) ____________________, the youngest rocks are in the center, and
the oldest are on the outside. In a(n) ____________________, the oldest
rocks are in the center, and the youngest are on the outside.
basin, dome
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basin, dome
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Question 3
A(n) ____________________ is a circular or oval fold in which the strata are
warped downwardly in the center and the beds on the flanks are
____________________ in age than the strata in the interior.
basin, older
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basin, older
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Question 4
The truly large mountain systems of the world are found at
____________________ plate boundaries.
convergent
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convergent
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Question 5
The Appalachian Mountains are the result of a continental-continental plate
collision.
True
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False
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Question 6
Most folding of rocks occurs near the surface.
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False
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Question 7
Rocks that are now tilted were deposited ____________________.
horizontally
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horizontally
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Question 8
Continents grow and evolve by addition of felsic and mafic crust
¾
a process
known as:
addition.
accretion.
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concretion.
convergence.
conformation.
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Question 9
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A cliff formed as a consequence of vertical movement along a fault is a fault
scarp.
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False
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Question 10
An oval fold in which strata are up-arched and the younger rocks are found
in the interior is a basin.
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False
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Question 11
The forces that have created the Basin and Range Province of the western
United States are transformational.
True
False
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Question 12
Uplifted blocks are called:
tensional blocks.
grabens.
horsts.
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fault blocks.
graves.
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Question 13
Most orogenesis takes place on oceanic-oceanic convergent plate
boundaries.
True
False
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Question 14
An important means of continental accretion is plutonism.
True
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False
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Question 15
Which of the following have become terranes?
island arcs and ocean ridges
seamounts
fragments of other continents
island arcs, ocean ridges and seamounts
island arcs, ocean ridges, seamounts and fragments of other continents
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Question 16
An episode of mountain building is known as a(n) ____________________.
orogeny
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orogeny
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Question 17
Each half of a fold is known as a(n) ____________________.
limb
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limb
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Question 18
The hanging wall block moves downward relative to the footwall block in a
normal fault.
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True
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Question 19
The direction of a line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane with
the plane of a layer of rock is called ____________________.
strike
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strike
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Question 20
Deformation caused by stress that exceeds a material's internal strength is
known as ____________________.
strain
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strain
Quiz Score:
20
out of 20