Geo Lab Final

All plates move at the same rate

False

What kind of boundary occurs when oceanic lithosphere slips beneath another plate?

Subductive

The driving force of plate tectonics is the expanding nature of our planet

False

What kind of fault forms when the hanging wall drops relative to the foot wall

Normal fault

What kind of fault forms when the hanging wall moves upward relative to the foot wall

Reverse

You are monitoring a seismograph and data comes pouring in. What type of wave arrives first

P-waves

The "downhill" section of a plane is called the

Dip-direction

The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus is called the

Epicenter

The rigid outer shell of Earth that includes crust and uppermost mantle is the

Lithosphere

Which seismic wave travels ONLY through solids

S-waves

Which seismic wave travels fastest

P-waves

What type of plate boundary creates new oceanic lithosphere

Divergent

Which type of plate collision forms mountain belts like the Himalayas

Continent-continent

A transform plate boundary moves plates

Side-by-side horizontally

The feature created when one plate is forced beneath another is called a

Trench

The angle between a planar feature and horizontal is called

Dip

The compass direction of a horizontal line on a plane is the

Strike

A fold with limbs dipping inward toward the hinge is a

Syncline

A fault where motion is primarily horizontal is a

Thrust fault

A thrust fault is best described as

Low-angle reverse fault

The surface expression of a fault at ground level is the

Fault trace

Which of the following is NOT a plate boundary type

Derivative (convergent, divergent, transform are)

The mid-ocean ridge system is an example of

Extension

What type of plate boundary forms volcanic island arcs

Ocean-ocean subduction

Which concept states that geologic processes operating today also operated in the past

Uniformitarianism

When a fault cuts a geologic unit, the fault must be

Younger than the unit

A dome structure contains the _ rocks in the center

Oldest

A basin structure contains the _ rocks in the center

Youngest

Which type of deformation permanently changes rock shape

Plastic (ductile)