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Science
Chapter 5: Deformation of the Crust
Earth Science
12 pts
Section 5.1: How the Crust is Deformed (p. 83-84)
Multiple choice: Choose the one best response. Write the letter of that choice in the space provided.
_____ 1. The bending, tilting, and breaking of the earth’s crust is called ___.
a. isostasy
b. faulting
c. straining
d. deformation
_____ 2. Up and down motions of the crust are called ___.
a. thrust faulting
c. strain movement
b. isostatic adjustments.
d. compressional stress
Short answer:
3. Identify 3 common locations where isostatic adjustments occur in the crust.
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Section 5.2: The Results of Stress (p. 85-87)
_____ 4. The permanent deformation of a rock without the rock breaking is called ___.
a. collision
b. folding
c. faulting
d. fracturing
_____ 5. Rocks deeper in the earth’s crust are less likely to deform by breaking than
rocks closer to the earth’s surface because of ___.
a. lower stresses
c. higher strains
b. higher temperature
d. lower altitude
_____ 6. The footwall consists of rocks located ___.
a. at the base of a cliff
c. under a plate boundary
b. below the fault plane
d. along a transform fault
_____ 7. Where do strike-slip faults often occur?
a. at mid-ocean ridges
c. between grabens
b. in the lower half of the crust
d. along transform fault boundaries
Short answer:
8. What are the 3 general types of folds in rock deformation.
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