20. A dome and an anticline both have what age rocks in the center? ____

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20. A dome and an anticline both have what age rocks in the center? ____

21. A syncline and a basin both have the _____ rocks in the center.

22. The contour interval is always  _______ on any given map.

 

23. Closed contours appearing as ovals or circular shapes on topographic maps represent ____

24. In a reverse fault situation, the hanging wall moves ____ relative to the foot wall.

25. When I look across a left-lateral strike slip, rock units appear to be displaced to my __horizontal direction___

26. Closed contours appearing with hachures represent  ____.

27. The spacing of contour lines represents the relative _______of the slope.

28. What is one geologic structure associated with deformation?   ____

29. What two measurements are used to establish the orientation of deformed strata? ____

30. Below depth, rocks tend to deform ductiley.  How do they deform when near the surface ? ___Compress stress__________________

31. Contour lines    a) sometimes           b) never           c) usually          d) rarely            cross each other   

 

32. In the absence of an arrow on a topographic map, which way is north? _____

33. This is a ________scale.  

34. Question 33 SCALE 1:24:000 graphic means: _____

35. What is a good contour interval for mapping the Rocky Mountains? __________

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