Geology Questions

The Core is subdivided into the _____ and _____ (with material descriptions)

The _____ is the thin, rocky outer layer of the Earth

The ______ is the rigid, cool outer layer of the Earth that incorporates the crust and the upper mantle

What is the surface below the fault called?

What type of fault exhibits horizontal displacement?

What is the surface above the fault called?

Uplifted blocks are elevated topography called?

Down-dropped blocks are basins called?

What forms where subduction occurs in the oceanic lithosphere?

What type of deformation is common in near surfaces and results in fractures?

What forms where subduction occurs beneath the continental plate?

What will normally pull the hanging wall down?

what branch of geology studies rock layers and layering?

What stress is associated with convergent plate boundaries?

What type of deformation produces a change in size and shape of a rock?

The San Andrea's Fault is an example of what type of differential stress?

What type of differential stress is associated with transform plate boundaries?

Oceanic Ridges and the East African Rift are examples of what type of differential stress?

What type of differential stress is associated with divergent plate boundaries?

Australia is composed of relatively old and thick______.