General Geology
What a fold does to rocks.
What is bend?
Folds that dip in one direction (not parallel).
What are plunging folds?
The 2 blocks that move in a fault are called these.
What are hanging wall and foot wall?
Name a plate boundary where mountain building occurs.
What is Divergent or Convergent?
What type of fault is the San Andreas?
What is strike-slip?
2 forces that cause rocks to deform.
What are stress and strain?
Rocks fold up in an arch fashion and the oldest rocks are in the middle.
What is Anticline?
A fault where the hanging wall is lower than the footwall.
What is Normal Fault?
This type of crust is buoyant (doesn't sink).
What is Continental?
What mountain chain is located in western North America?
What is the Rocky Mountains?
Cracks in the earth's surface where tectonic movements have occured.
What are faults?
Rocks are folded down in a trough-like manner, the youngest rocks are in the middle.
What is Syncline?
A fault where the hanging wall is ABOVE the footwall.
What is a Reverse Fault?
What is the Greek word for "mountain building?
What is Orogeny?
Name one type of UNCONFORMITY.
What is an angular unconformity or disconformity or nonconformity?
Fractures in the earth where NO movement occurs form these.
What is a Joint?
Only one side of the rock is folded down, this fold is an uncommon occurrence.
What is Monocline?
A reverse fault with a SHALLOW angle.
What is Thrust Fault?
Name the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Everest/Mauna Kea?
What is the diagram called that shows the 3D view of rock strata? We used them in lab.
What are block diagrams?
When faults move, this major event can happen.
What is an earthquake?
2 structures that look like bowls, either upside down or right side up.
What are domes and basins?
A fault in which there is lateral (side to side) movement occurring.
What is Strike-Slip Faulting?
True or False: Mountains always stay the same height.
What is false?
The volcanoes in Hawaii are formed over this.
What is a hot spot?