college landscape ch 12-13

free face

on which part of a slope would rocks tend to fall at the highest speed?

terranes.

slowly migrating pieces of ocean floor, crust, and islands that become attached to continents are called

a balancing act between tectonic uplift and rates of denudation by weathering and erosion in a given landscape.

the dynamic equilibrium model refers to

focus, or hypocenter.

the motion of seismic waves is initiated in a subsurface area along the fault plane called the

strike-slip fault.

the san andreas fault in southern california is an example of a

potential; kinetic

uplift of the landscape creates _____ energy, which is converted to _____ energy when materials begin to move downslope.

hot spots.

volcanic activity located away from plate boundaries is usually associated with

mudflow

water content in the slope material is highest during which of the following types of mass movement?

adjusts to a new equilibrium condition.

after a geomorphic threshold is crossed, the landscape

denudation.

all processes that cause reduction and rearrangement of landforms are included in the term of

episode of mountain building.

an orogeny is a(n)

lateral shearing occurs

at a strike-slip fault,

differential weathering.

delicate arch in utah is an example of

shield volcanoes.

effusive eruptions tend to produce

overlaying rock is removed, thereby allowing the underlying rock mass to expand and fracture.

exfoliation occurs because

an anticline.

folded layers of rock can form a wavelike pattern of troughs and crests. the layers near the crest form

regolith

in most areas, the upper surface of bedrock is partially weathered to broken-up rock called

craton

what is the term for the nucleus of crystalline rock at the heart of a continent?

a large mountain range often forms.

when continental crust collides with continental crust

faulting.

when rock strata are strained beyond their ability to remain an intact unit, displacement occurs in a process known as

sinkholes

which of the following is a typical karst landscape feature?

it attacks the corners and edges of rocks.

which of the following is true of spheroidal weathering?

shortening-compression

which of the following pairs of stress-strain is incorrectly matched?

soil creep.

a slow, persistent mass movement of surface soil is called

earthquake

a sudden release of energy along a fault is a(n)