Question 1: What is the difference between a joint and a fault?
Question 2: A confined aquifer is defined as a permeable layer with an impermeable layer ___________ it.
- above
- below
- near
- above and below
Question 3: Folds in a rock show that the rock behaved in a _______ way.
- elastic
- ductile
- brittle
- all of the proceeding
Question 4: What 2 processes must occur to change sediment into a sedimentary rock?
Question 5: Thrust faults occur where there is:
- horizontal extension
- horizontal shortening
- strike slip motion
- tensional stress
Question 6: Draw the layers that would appear in an anticline structure.
Question 7: Which rock type has the highest permeability ?
- granite
- shale
- sandstone
- mudstone
Question 8: Give the definition to stress and strain in your own words.
Question 9: If you found a sedimentary rock that had angular grains which were of sizes that varied form 2 mm to 10 cm, what could you say about its origin?
Question 10: Define the principle of Horizontality in your own words.
Question 11: Describe 3 processes that mechanically weather rocks.
Question 12: A saturated zone of an aquifer has pore spaces which are __________________.
- filled with water
- empty
- filled with soil
- collapsed
Question 13: In the cross-section to the right:
What is the dip direction of the beds? _______________
What is the dip angle of the beds ? ________________
Question 14: Normal faults tend to occur at what type of plate boundary?
- strike slip
- convergent (subduction)
- divergent (spreading center)