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| 3301 |
What is a line that marks the boundary of a fold?
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Axial Plane.
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| 3302 |
Which type of fold has its axial plane nearly horizontal?
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Recumbent Fold.
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| 3303 |
Which type of fold has its axial plane tilted?
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Inclined Fold.
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| 3304 |
Where does the outer core primarily lie?
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Between the Mantle and the Inner Core.
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| 3305 |
What is the term for the weakening or dissipation of an atmospheric front?
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Frontolysis.
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| 3306 |
What are the three layers of the Earth (like an onion)?
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Crust, Mantle, and Core.
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| 3307 |
What is the material carried by a glacier called?
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Glacial debris (or Till).
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| 3308 |
What is the process where a mass of rock debris moves down the slopes under gravity?
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Mass Movements.
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| 3309 |
What are the three main processes of weathering?
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Chemical, Physical/Mechanical, and Biological.
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| 3310 |
What is the combined crust and upper-most solid mantle called?
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Lithosphere.
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| 3311 |
What is the lower layer of the mantle called?
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Lower Mantle (Mesosphere).
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| 3312 |
What is the outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere (above 1000 km)?
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Exosphere.
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| 3313 |
What are Normal and Reverse faults collectively called?
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DIP-SLIP FAULTS.
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| 3314 |
What is the measurement of how steeply the fault plane slopes called?
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The dip.
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| 3315 |
What is the term for the zone of complex deformation associated with the fault plane?
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Fault zone.
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| 3316 |
What type of faults have walls that move sideways, not up or down?
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Strike-slip faults.
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| 3317 |
What is the lower side of a sloping fault plane called?
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The ‘footwall’.
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| 3318 |
What is the upper side of a sloping fault plane called?
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The ‘hanging wall’.
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| 3319 |
What are the forces that create reverse faults (where the hanging wall moves up)?
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Compressional forces (pushing the sides together).
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| 3320 |
What are the forces that create normal faults (where the hanging wall drops down)?
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Extensional forces (pulling the sides apart).
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| 3321 |
Which movements constitute orogenic movements?
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Folding, Faulting, and continental drift.
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| 3322 |
What type of movement is Orogeny (Orogenic Forces)?
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Horizontal/tangential earth movement.
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| 3323 |
What are two examples of Epeirogenic processes?
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Upwarping and Downwarping (other being Isostacy).
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| 3324 |
What type of movement is Epeirogeny (Epirogenic Forces)?
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Vertical movement.
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| 3325 |
What is the type of plate boundary of the Indian plate along the Himalayan mountains?
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CONTINENT-CONTINENT CONVERGENCE.
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