Chapter 11 Test Earth Science

Question 1

According to Figure 11-2, what type of structure does diagram A represent? Think of Mr. Lyon's head!

Accepted Answer

dome

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a major factor that influences the strength of a rock?

Accepted Answer

size

Question 3

Folding is usually the result of ____.

Accepted Answer

compressional stresses

Question 4

What type of mountains are produced by ocean-ocean convergence?

Accepted Answer

mainly volcanic island arcs

Question 5

Which of the following are associated with the process of orogenesis at divergent boundaries?

Accepted Answer

mountain chains at ocean ridges

Question 6

What is the major type of stress that occurs at convergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

compressional stress

Question 7

The thickest part of the crust occurs in ____.

Accepted Answer

young mountain ranges

Question 8

Once the elastic limit of rock is surpassed, which of the following may occur?

Accepted Answer

all of the above, The rock may fracture.

Question 9

Deformation when it returns to its original shape and size after the stress is removed is ____.

Accepted Answer

elastic deformation

Question 10

What are the major types of mountain ranges that are formed at convergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

folded and volcanic mountains

Question 11

What type of stress is dominant at divergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

tensional stress

Question 12

What type of mountains are produced by ocean-continental convergence?

Accepted Answer

parallel belts of folded mountains and volcanic mountains

Question 13

As heat and pressure increase, ductile deformation ____.

Accepted Answer

becomes more likely

Question 14

In mountainous regions, the continental crust is ____.

Accepted Answer

thicker than average

Question 15

A material that undergoes tensional stress tends to ____.

Accepted Answer

stretch

Question 16

Which of the following lists includes the major types of mountains?

Accepted Answer

folded, fault-block, volcanic

Question 17

In diagram A of Figure 11-2, where would the oldest rock layers be located?

Accepted Answer

at C

Question 18

In diagram B of Figure 11-2, where would the oldest rock layers be located?

Accepted Answer

at F

Question 19

Orogenesis is a ____.

Accepted Answer

general term for the processes that produce mountains

Question 20

The major forces that form folded mountains are ____.

Accepted Answer

compressional stresses

Question 21

According to Figure 11-2, what type of structure does diagram B represent?

Accepted Answer

basin

Question 22

All changes in the original shape and/or size of a rock body are called ____.

Accepted Answer

deformation

Question 23

Because of isostasy, a mountain will ultimately ____.

Accepted Answer

be eroded to near sea level

Question 24

The removal of material by erosion will cause the crust to ____.

Accepted Answer

rise

Question 25

At a continental-continental convergent boundary, ____.

Accepted Answer

folded mountains result

Chapter 11 Test Earth Science

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Chapter 11 Test Earth Science

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