Unit 34 Review Questions

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. A fault in which older rock on the hanging wall is in contact with younger rock on the foot wall is a:

normal fault correct incorrect

thrust fault correct incorrect

strike-slip fault correct incorrect

reverse fault correct incorrect

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. Which type of fault is most common in the Basin and Range of western North America and the Rift Valley of East Africa?

normal fault correct incorrect

thrust fault correct incorrect

strike-slip fault correct incorrect

reverse fault correct incorrect

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. The collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate created the Himalayas, accompanied by many faults of this type:

normal fault correct incorrect

thrust fault correct incorrect

strike-slip fault correct incorrect

reverse fault correct incorrect

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. In figure 34.13 in the text:

the syncline and the anticline are both plunging north correct incorrect

the syncline and the anticline are both plunging south correct incorrect

the syncline is plunging south and the anticline is plunging north correct incorrect

the syncline is plunging north and the anticline is plunging south correct incorrect

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. The angle that a ridge makes relative to a horizontal plane that is measured as degrees east or west of north is termed:

strike correct incorrect

dip correct incorrect

plunge correct incorrect

tilt correct incorrect

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. What kind of plate boundary may be present where there is a large strike-slip fault?

Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary correct incorrect

Oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary correct incorrect

Transform plate boundary correct incorrect

Divergent plate boundary correct incorrect