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Metamorphic RX, Rock Cycle and Deformation
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What is a reverse fault
When they create a mountain by crashimg into each other
When the foot wall drops beneath the hanging wall
When the hanging wall rises relative to the foot wall
When they both stay the same e
2
What is a syncline?
B. A fold that bends downward.
A. A fold that bends upward.
3
Define: Metamorphic Rock
Forms the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
Form from rock that changed heat pressure chemical reaction
Form from rock that changed cool tempuratures
Form particle from rock or remain plant/animal press cement
4
If the applied force is too much for the rock to handle, what will most likely happen?
Folding
Deformation
Fracture
Plastic Deformation
5
Which of these rocks are form directly from by the cooling of magma?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
All
Igneous
6
When force is applied and a rock changes, this change is referred to as _____
displacement.
pressure.
deformation.
stress.
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In the rock cycle, rocks are classified by their
color
origin
composition
grain size
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___ is the amount of distortion that a body of rock or a region of crust develops during deformation.
Strain
Displacement
Folds
Deformation
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If a reverse fault's dip is less than 30°, its called a Thrust Fault
True
False
10
What is a normal fault
The hanging wall moved somwhere else
The hanging wall moves downwards near the footwall
The footwall moves upward
The footwall stays where it is
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What is a thrust fault
It has a very low angle
It’s is at a high angle
It does not have a angle
A fault with a dip of 45 degrees or less
12
When a rock deforms plastically under compressive force, it may form a simple bend in rocks called
joint.
normal fault.
reverse fault.
monocline.
13
Stress that acts in opposite directions; "Pulling apart"
Shear
Tension
Compression
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This feature of a rock can best be described as
precipitation.
weathering.
luster.
foliation.
15
Marble is a metamorphic rock that forms from a ___________ parent.
Shale
Granite
Sandstone
Limestone
16
A broad expanse of Precambrian continental crust that includes rocks last metamorphosed billion years ago
Shield
Joint
Fold
Fault
17
What is an anticline?
A. A fold that bends upward.
B. A fold that bends downward.
18
Which one is syncline
B
A
D
C
19
Reverse faults occur as a result of ______ force.
Shear
Tension
Normal
Compression
20
The process (involving uplift and erosion) that returns deeply buried rocks to the surface.
Recrystallization
Exhumation
Foliation
Weathering
21
In geology, what is the term used for "the force applied to an object?"
deformation
displacement
Stress
pressure
22
___ is the amount of
movement
that takes place across a fault. "total movement"
Folds
Displacement
Strain
Deformation
23
A brittle material
breaks before it deforms
bends without cracking
is highly flexible
deforms without breaking
24
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
in the ocean
an oven
heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
25
At point C, a geologist measured the distance the rock traveled to be 10 km. This measurement is known as the
epicenter.
focus.
dip.
slip.
26
What is a strike-slip fault?
Two blocks of land move left to right
When two blocks of land move diagonally
When two blocks of land move horizontally
27
In a ____ fault, the hanging wall will move up relative to footwall.
Reverse
Inverse
Normal
Abnormal
28
Which picture shows a monocline?
D
A
C
B
29
Stress that acts towards each other; Squeezing
Compression
Shear
Tension
30
___ is a change in the shape, position, or orientation of a material, by bending, breaking, or flowing.
Displacement
Folds
Strain
Deformation
31
Stress that acts in opposite directions as it slides past; "scissors"
Shear
Compression
Tension
32
When a rock deforms _____, it will return to its original shape.
Elastically
Slowly
Suddenly
Plastically
33
A monocline occurs when there is:
a fold with one axis that is folded in the rock strata (a simple bend)
a repetitive up and down fold occurs in rock strata
a fold with two axes that are folded in the rock strata (upward bend)
continuous over folding occurs in rock strata
34
At point A, a geologist measured an angle of 65
o
. This angle would the _____.
slip.
epicenter.
focus.
dip.
35
Composition of the rock alone will determine how the rock will deform.
False
True
36
What is a fracture in which there in no movement in the rock?
Joint
Fault
monocline
anticline
37
These are steep structures where the two sides of the fault slip horizontally past each other.
Reverse Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
None of the above
Normal Fault
38
To change shape
Deformation
Shearing
Fracture
Stress
39
Any rock can become a Sediment
True
False
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How does sediment form sedimentary rocks?
pressure & heat
cooling magma
compaction & cementation
boiling water
