Mountain Building
What is the first stage of mountain building where thick layers of sedimentary or volcanic rock accumulate?
Accumulation Stage
Which fold arches upward, with the oldest rocks in the center?
Anticline
What is an exotic terrane also called?
Accretionary terrane
Which national park contains the tallest mountain in the Teton Range?
Grand Teton National Park
What is the stable interior portion of a continent called?
Craton
What is the second stage of mountain building called?
Orogenic Stage
Which fold forms a trough with the youngest rocks in the center?
Syncline
What is a mélange?
A mixture of diverse materials scraped from the subducting oceanic plate
Which national park contains Lehman Cave?
Great Basin National Park
What process adds exotic terranes to continents?
Tectonic accretion
During which mountain building stage does folding and faulting occur?
Orogenic Stage
What type of fault forms when tensional forces pull rocks apart?
Normal Fault
What is biological sedimentary rock is also known as flint?
Chert
Which national park is known for it's unique trees and ocotillo bushes?
Joshua Tree National Park
What is the surface along which rocks break and move called?
Fault plane
Which stage does isostatic rebound, uplift, weathering, and erosion occur?
Crustal Extension, Block Faulting, and Uplift
In a reverse fault, which block moves upward?
Hanging wall
Novaculite
Which national park contains the hottest, driest, and lowest land in the United States?
Death Valley National Park
Which block lies below the fault plane?
Footwall
What force causes the shortening of Earth's crust during mountain building?
Compression
Which fault type involves horizontal, side-to-side movement?
Strike-slip fault
What mineral makes up most of chert?
Silica (chalcedony)
Which national park is home to the tallest trees in the world, standing at 379 feet tall?
Redwood National Park
Which block lies above the fault plane?
Hanging wall