SOE 101 WSU EXAM 2 | RITTS | QUESTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The Scandinavian and Appalachian mountains are one mountain range that broke apart
when the Atlantic ocean opened up. - Answers - True
Strain Causes Stress - Answers - False
If you have compressional stress that creates brittle deformation, this deformation
should be: - Answers - Reverse/thrust faults
If you have tensional stress that is creating brittle deformation, this would be: - Answers
- Normal faults
Picture of dome with downward curve - Answers - Basin
Right side arrow pointing down - Answers - Normal Fault
Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and crystallization of lava or magma? -
Answers - Igneous Rock
Which type of rock is formed by the weathering, erosion, transportation, and
redeposition of material? - Answers - Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic or igneous rock - Answers - True
This type of metamorphism is due to heat from a body of magma invading a host rock -
Answers - Contact
This type of fault results from which type of stress? (Normal Fault Picture) - Answers -
Tension
Where oceanic crust meets oceanic crust along a convergent boundary, which plate is
most likely to be subducted? - Answers - Older Crust
Where continental crust meets continental crust, which will be subducted? - Answers -
Oldest
Which is an example of continent-continent collision? - Answers - Himalayan
This type of melting occurs when volatiles from a subducting slab are introduced into
the hot mantle - Answers - Flux Melting
ANSWERS
The Scandinavian and Appalachian mountains are one mountain range that broke apart
when the Atlantic ocean opened up. - Answers - True
Strain Causes Stress - Answers - False
If you have compressional stress that creates brittle deformation, this deformation
should be: - Answers - Reverse/thrust faults
If you have tensional stress that is creating brittle deformation, this would be: - Answers
- Normal faults
Picture of dome with downward curve - Answers - Basin
Right side arrow pointing down - Answers - Normal Fault
Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and crystallization of lava or magma? -
Answers - Igneous Rock
Which type of rock is formed by the weathering, erosion, transportation, and
redeposition of material? - Answers - Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic or igneous rock - Answers - True
This type of metamorphism is due to heat from a body of magma invading a host rock -
Answers - Contact
This type of fault results from which type of stress? (Normal Fault Picture) - Answers -
Tension
Where oceanic crust meets oceanic crust along a convergent boundary, which plate is
most likely to be subducted? - Answers - Older Crust
Where continental crust meets continental crust, which will be subducted? - Answers -
Oldest
Which is an example of continent-continent collision? - Answers - Himalayan
This type of melting occurs when volatiles from a subducting slab are introduced into
the hot mantle - Answers - Flux Melting
