CD/Web Review Questions

Chapter 9, Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains

  1. Which is denser, oceanic crust or continental crust? Hint

  2. What kind of metamorphism is often found at boundaries where plates converge? Hint

  3. What type of force occurs at convergent plate boundaries? Hint

  4. What type of force occurs at divergent plate boundaries? Hint

  5. Where is rifting along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge currently splitting a landmass? Hint

  6. Name two fissure zones there. Hint

  7. What is another name for a failed rift? Hint

  8. By about how much does continental lithosphere typically stretch at a rifting zone before it separates into two landmasses? Hint

  9. Earth scientists at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that the Red Sea opened abruptly 34 million years ago, rather than gradually, as had been previously thought. What dating method did they use to make their discovery? Hint

  10. The force acting on a rock is called _________. Hint

  11. The response of a rock to a force acting on it is called _________. Hint

  12. What are the three basic types of stress and the two basic types of strain? Hint

  13. A regional fold with one very steep side in an area of otherwise nearly horizontal layers is called a(n) ______________. Hint

  14. _________ are the circular to oval equivalents of anticlines. Hint

  15. _________ are the circular to oval equivalents of synclines. Hint

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