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G2: Rock Deformation overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Geology quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Stress and strain are best defined as

  2. Tensional stress in the crust tends to produce

  3. Which conditions most favour ductile (flowing) deformation?

  4. An incompetent rock such as shale or salt tends to

  5. In an anticline, the oldest rocks are found

  6. A small interlimb angle (limbs nearly parallel) records

  7. The surface that bisects the limbs of a fold and joins the hinges is the

  8. In a normal fault, the hanging wall

  9. A low-angle reverse fault that stacks older rocks over younger is a

  10. Polished, scratched surfaces on a fault plane that record the slip direction are called

  11. An angular unconformity is recognised by

  12. Sedimentary rocks resting on an eroded surface of igneous or metamorphic rock form a

  13. If a dyke cuts across folded strata, the dyke is

  14. A large recumbent fold-and-thrust sheet transported many kilometres in a mountain belt is a