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WorksheetsCH 11
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
The oldest layer of an anticline is located ___
a)
on an incline
b)
within a syncline
c)
in the center of the fold
d)
on the bottom of the fold
2.
Folded mountains form ___
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs.
b)
when continents collide.
c)
when continents diverge.
d)
after huge earthquakes.
3.
The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __
a)
compression.
b)
tension.
c)
shear.
d)
deposition.
4.
What is subduction?
a)
one plate collides with another
b)
one plate destroys another
c)
one plate goes beneath another
d)
one plate divides another
5.
A fold where the youngest rock layer is in the center is called a(n) _____
a)
monocline.
b)
decline.
c)
syncline.
d)
anticline.
6.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
7.
Materials that respond to stress by bending or deforming without breaking are ___
a)
ductile.
b)
brittle.
c)
faulted.
d)
isostatic.
8.
Which of these are types of mountains?
a)
rolling, glacial, subterranean, cascades
b)
rocky, green, smoky, white
c)
fault-block, dome, volcanic, folded
d)
salt-block, dome, magnum, frozen
9.
What type of fault results when the rock on either side of a fault plane slides horizontally in response to shear stress?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike-slip
d)
thrust
10.
The rock below the fault plane is known as the ___
a)
footwall.
b)
fracture.
c)
hanging wall.
d)
hinge.
11.
How do faults and folds compare?
a)
Faults are bends in rock where rocks move, and folds are breaks in rocks.
b)
Faults are breaks in rock where rocks move, and folds are bends in rock.
c)
Faults are breaks in rock where rocks do not move, and folds are bends in rock.
d)
Faults are bends in rock where rocks do not move, and folds are breaks in rock.
12.
The sloping sides of a fold are called ____.
a)
hinges
b)
limbs
c)
axial planes
d)
synclines
13.
The type of stress that stretches and pulls a body apart is ___.
a)
strain
b)
tension
c)
stress
d)
compression
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