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Question:
1. Brittle deformation is generally seen in ____.
A rocks with strong internal molecular bonds
B gypsum and shale
C rocks far below Earth’s surface
D limestone and schist
2. The type of deformation in which the object permanently changes size and shape without fracturing is called ____.
A brittle deformation
B ductile deformation
C elastic deformation
D stress deformation
3. A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall is a ____.
A normal fault
B reverse fault
C thrust fault
D strike-slip fault
4. Orogenesis is a ____.
A theory that explains the formation of strike-slip faults
B type of faulting
C general term for the processes that produce mountains
D type of anticline
5. How are mountains classified?
A by their age
B by the dominant processes that formed them
C by the type of faulting that occurred to form them
D by the type of rocks that occur within them
6. Which of the following lists includes the major types of mountains?
A folded, fault-block, volcanic
B folded, tensional, compressional
C down warped, compressional, fault-block
D none of the above
10. An example of folded mountains can be seen in ____.
A the Teton Range of Wyoming
B the Alps in Europe
C the Sierra Nevada of California
D the Black Hills of South Dakota
11. The youngest rocks are found near the center of ____.
A an upwarping known as a dome
B a downwarping known as a basin
C uplifted structures called horsts
D fold-and-thrust mountain belts
12. If erosion stripped off the top of a dome, what would be found?
A The oldest rocks are exposed in the center.
B The youngest rocks are exposed in the center.
C The oldest rocks are exposed along the edges of the dome.
D The rocks in the center are the same age as those along the edges.
13. The collision and joining of crustal fragments to a continent is called continental ____.
A subduction
B isostasy
C destruction
D accretion
14. Which of the following mountain ranges was formed by a continental-continental convergent boundary?
A the Andes Mountains
B the Black Hills
C the Himalayas
D the Sierra Nevada
15. An accumulation of different sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of ocean crust is called a(n) ____.
A dome
B accretionary wedge
C volcanic island arc
D fault-block mountain
16. Which of the following is an example of mountains formed as a result of ocean-ocean convergence?
A the Andes Mountains
B the Himalayas
C the Hawaiian Islands
D the mountains of Japan
17. The removal of material by erosion will cause the crust to ____.
A subduct
B thicken
C subside
D rise
18. As erosion removes the tops of mountains, the crust will rise upwards. This is an example of ____.
A normal faulting
B mountain building due to uplift
C isostatic adjustment
D orogenesis
19. The thickest part of the crust occurs in ____.
A older eroded mountain ranges
B ocean basins
C young mountain ranges
D rift zones
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