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{Yes or No, Structural geology is a science that seeks to understand landscapes. - Yes + No
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{Structural Geology as a science is a unified and integrated approach to the description and interpretation of deformation in the earth's? { crust (i) }.
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{True or False, A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity is called a fault. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Faults are commonly considered to be active if they have moved one or more times in the last { 10,000|ten thousand|10^4|10000 (i) } years.
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{Yes or No, A mass of sedimentary rock deep in the crust with no known bottom is called an abyssolith. - Yes + No
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{Push moraines are the result of proglacial thrusting and folding of? { material|strata (i) }
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{Yes or No, A geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tidal forces is called an allochthon. - Yes + No
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{Complete the text: Match up the form or type of fault with the effect: normal fault - A active fault - B thrust fault - C blind fault - D locked fault - E transform fault - F does not rupture all the way to the surface { D (i) }. likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future { B (i) }. accommodates relative horizontal slip { F (i) }. younger strata has slid downwards to sit beside older strata { A (i) }. not slipping because of frictional resistance { E (i) } older beds on top of younger { C (i) }.
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{Yes or No, A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline is called an anticlinorium. + Yes - No
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{Characteristics of volcanic arcs are? + chain of volcanoes - ocean basin + spreading center + zone of fractional melting + subduction + trench
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{True or False, An accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate is called an accretionary wedge. + TRUE - FALSE
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