We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Find out more

Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition - Unit 27

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) strike
b) angle of dip
c) direction of dip
d) echelon
e) line of thrust

Question 2:


a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Transverse
d) Tensional
e) Stacked

Question 3:


a) Angled
b) Reverse
c) Transverse
d) Thrust
e) Tensional

Question 4:


a) horst
b) echelon
c) graben
d) anticline
e) caldera

Question 5:


a) transcurrent faults
b) transform faults
c) strike-slip faults
d) reverse faults
e) All are associated with horizontal plate movement.

Question 6:


a) joint
b) fault
c) transform fault
d) recumbent fold
e) crease

Question 7:


a) limestone
b) shale
c) strike
d) dip
e) fault

Question 8:


a) strike
b) dip
c) blind
d) throw
e) joint

Question 9:


a) vertical offset
b) horizontal offset
c) direction of dip
d) direction of strike
e) angle of dip

Question 10:


a) Upthrow
b) Downthrow
c) Normal fault
d) Echelon
e) Plateau

Question 11:


a) Tension
b) Compression
c) Transverse
d) Thurst
e) Reverse

Question 12:


a) Tension
b) Compression
c) Transverse
d) Thrust
e) Reverse

Question 13:


a) Tension
b) Compression
c) Transverse
d) Thrust
e) Reverse

Question 14:


a) vertical
b) horizontal
c) transcurrent
d) transforming
e) folding

Question 15:


a) Diastrophism
b) Crustal warping
c) Epeirogeny
d) All of the above.

Question 16:


a) True
b) False

Question 17:


a) True
b) False

Question 18:


a) True
b) False

Question 19:


a) True
b) False

Question 20:


a) True
b) False

Question 21:


a) True
b) False