Can you pass this geology exam? Some people think they know all there is to geology, but when it comes to answering questions, they tend to notice they forgot some information. Do you know what happens when tectonic plates shift and features of the earth different layers? The quiz below is one way to find out just how knowledgeable you actually are when it comes to geology.
Stress
Deformation
Compression
Brittle Failure
Shorten and thicken the rock.
Stretch and thin the rock.
Fracture the rock and grind the pieces along side each other.
The rock will not change.
Stretch and thin the rock.
Fracture the rock and grind the pieces along side each other.
Shorten and thicken the rock.
The rock will not change.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Dip-Slip
A fracture in a rock along which motion has occurred.
A stress fracture created by rocks stretching and pulling apart near the surface.
A solution pathway created by carbonic acid.
Foliation in a rock that acts as a plane of weakness.
Domes have the oldest layers in the middle, not the youngest.
Domes don't have layers.
Now that we know the age of the layers, we would call it a syncline.
Domes didn't exist back then.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Strike-Slip
Reverse
Thrust
Normal
Oldest on the inside of the fold, youngest on the outside.
Oldest on the outside of the fold, youngest on the inside.
Oldest materials thrust up on top of younger layers.
Horizontal bedding with the youngest layers on the top.
Reverse
Graben
Strike-Slip
Normal
The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage.
The exact location on the fault where slippage occurs.
The contact point between two tectonic plates
The location of migrating magma in the crust
The exact location on the fault where slippage occurs.
The location where three monitoring stations overlap.
The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage.
The build-up of potential energy in a new location after an earthquake.
Elastic
Ductile
Brittle
Permanent
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Fault Creep
Megathrusting
Fault propagation
Elastic rebound
Seismograms
Seismographs
Seismometers
Seismic relays
Circum-Pacific Belt
Alpine-Himalayan Belt
San Andreas Fault
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
No, because you would need information from more than one seismograph to plot the epicenter.
No, because seismographs can't pick up earthquakes from that far away.
Yes. You could take the distance and match it up with known fault lines to find the epicenter
Yes, because seismographs can indicate direction as well as distance
P-waves
S-waves
L-waves
R-waves
10 times
1 time
2 times
32 times
Moment Magnitude Scale
Mercalli Intensity Scale
Richter Scale
Beaufort Scale
Water soaking into the ground
The transition from liquid to gas as a result of increases in temperature
Plants taking in water
Water running off the surface and entering a channel
Hydrologic Cycle
Evaporation
Rock Cycle
Precipitation
Sediment Capacity Zone
Sediment Transport Zone
Sediment Deposition Zone
Sediment Production Zone
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