A fault surface is also called a ____.
A)dip
B)strike
C)fault plane
D)fault fracture
E)fracture plane
Question 2A continental margin ____.
A)is primarily above sea level
B)is the transition zone from the exposed land to the ocean floor
C)does not include the continental slope
D)always transitions to an oceanic ridge
E)are where submarine hydrothermal vents are found
Question 3What are two ways (one natural and one human-induced) in which the sediment budget of a coastline can become negative?
Question 4If plastic strain has taken place and created a fold, the ____.
A)rock layers will bounce back if the strain is removed
B)rock layers will remain folded even if the strain is removed
C)fold will eventually overturn
D)fold will never fracture
E)fold will always eventually fracture
Question 5Wegener's critics pointed out to him that the configuration of coastlines results from erosional and depositional processes and therefore is continuously being modified. What idea were they arguing against?
A)continental movement due to erosion and deposition rather than plate tectonics
B)continental fit between South America and Africa
C)land bridges continually appearing and disappearing
D)ocean currents having minimal effect on large landmasses
E)using coastline geology for predicting movements of continents
Question 6Why do waves bend or refract as they approach shorelines?
Question 7An anticline ____.
A)has the youngest rocks at its core
B)has the oldest rocks at its core
C)is a fracture along which no movement has taken place
D)has all of its folded strata dipping outward from a central point
E)has all of its folded strata dipping inward from a central point
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