Review questions for faults and orogeny

Tensional forces combined with brittle deformation normally cause:
1. strike-slip faults
2. reverse faults
3. thrust faults
4. normal faults
5. recumbent faults
The block overlying an inclined fault plane is the:
1. footwall
2. hanging wall
3. isoclinal wall
4. plunging wall
5. sheet wall
When the rock above a fault plane moves down relative to the rock below, it is called:
1. reverse fault
2. normal fault
3. transform fault
4. strike-slip fault
5. none of these
In a normal fault, the hanging-wall block has moved ______ relative to the footwall block.
1. up
2. down
3. side to side
4. up at a steep angle
5. down at a steep angle
A low-angle reverse fault is referred to as a(n) ____________ fault
1. normal
2. oblique
3. thrust
4. compressional
5. strike-slip
Strike-slip faults ____________.
1. are faults where no movement has yet occurred
2. have mainly horizontal movement
3. have mainly vertical movement
4. are low angle reverse faults
5. none of these
Orogeny is____________.
1. a theory that explains the formation of oblique faults
2. a general term meaning “mountain building process”
3. type of asymmetrical anticline
4. a mountain range in Asia
5. none of these
What is the typical setting for fold and thrust belts (AKA mountain belts)?
1. associated with convergent plate boundaries
2. ocean-ocean divergent plate boundaries
3. continental rifts
4. transform faults
5. any of the above
The Himalayas are:
1. the highest mountain range in the world and contain Earth’s highest peak
2. along the south flank of the Tibetan Plateau
3. underlain by abnormally thin lithosphere
4. an ancient mountain range with most uplift occurring 200 million years ago
5. both a and b
Which of the following is NOT a setting in which regional mountain belts form?
1. continental collision
2. subduction zone
3. upwelling of the mantle
4. passive margin
5. the collision of India with Asia
Which of the following is a characteristic of a terrane?
1. the boundaries of a terrane are generally major faults or shear zones
2. a terrane has the same sequence of rocks as adjacent areas
3. to be a terrane, the rocks must form in a deep marine environment
4. the layers and fossils in a terrane can be matched with those in adjacent areas
5. none of the above
Which of the following is NOT a common setting in which a terrane originally forms?
1. oceanic plateau
2. island arc
3. oceanic crust
4. linear island chain
5. all of the above are common settings for a terrane

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