Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ___________ Period: _____
Earth Science Chapter 11 Study Guide
1. For each diagram, name the type of fault and the type of stress.
2. Describe the movement of each fault:
a. normal: hanging wall goes _________; footwall goes ______________
b. reverse: hanging wall goes ___________; footwall goes ____________
c. thrust: hanging wall goes ___________; footwall goes ___________
d. strike-slip: movement is _______________________ and _____________________ to the trend
3. In figure 11-1, label parts A and B. What type of fault is associated
with these structures? _______________________
4. List the four factors that influence the strength of a rock:
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5. List the three conditions under which brittle deformation occurs:
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6. List the three conditions under which ductile deformation occurs: _______________________________
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7. A rock that has fractured has undergone ______________________ deformation; a rock that has folded or
flowed has undergone ______________________ deformation.
8. Rocks with strong intermolecular forces tend to experience ________________________ deformation;
weaker rocks tend to go through _______________________________ deformation.
9. Tensional stress ___________________________ rocks, compressional stress ________________________
rocks, and shear stress ________________________ rocks.
10. Once the ____________________________ limit of a rock has been reached, it may fracture, fold, or flow.
11. All changes in the original size and/or shape of a rock are called _________________________________.
12. The general term for the processes that produce mountains is _________________________________.
13. How are mountains classified? ____________________________________________________________
14. Name the type(s) of mountain(s) found at or near the boundary listed:
a. continental-continental convergent: ___________________________________________________________
b. oceanic-continental convergent: _____________________________________________________________
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c. oceanic-oceanic convergent: ________________________________________________________________
d. oceanic-oceanic divergent: _________________________________________________________________
15. What type of stress is found at convergent boundaries? _______________________________ What type of
stress if found at divergent boundaries? ___________________________________
16. What is the most famous example of a mountain chain formed at a continental-continental convergent
boundary? ________________________________________________
17. In a typical fault-block mountain, blocks of crust are ____________________________ along
________________________ faults.
18. An accumulation of different scraps of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks combined with scraps of crust is
called a(n) __________________________________________________________.
19. The collision and joining of crustal fragments to a continent is called continental _____________________.
20. The ________________________ rocks are found near the center of a downwarping known as a
_________________; the ____________________________ rocks are found near the center of an upwarping
known as a ____________________________.
21. In mountainous regions, the crust is _____________________________ than average.
22. When crust rises upward because some of the weight has been removed, it is called ___________________
________________________________. This is controlled by the force of ___________________________.