Unit 36 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

The compass line of direction between a rock layer and a horizontal plane is the ridge's:
a) strike
b) angle of dip
c) direction of dip
d) echelon
e) line of thrust

Question 5:

All of the following are associated with horizontal plate movement except:
a) transcurrent faults
b) transform faults
c) strike-slip faults
d) reverse faults
e) all are associated with horizontal plate movement

Question 7:

A trancurrent fault is the same thing as a strike-slip fault.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Anticlines are downfolds and synclines are upfolds.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Primary landforms are those created by tectonic activity.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Slight crustal deformation without folding or faulting is known as diastrophism or crustal warping.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

When the angle of a fault plane in a compressional fault is very high, a thrust fault occurs.
a) True
b) False

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