1. Which is the oldest in the cross section?
a. granite b. schist c. basalt d. sandstone e. limestone
2. What relationship allows you to tell the relative ages between the schist and conglomerate?
a. cross-cutting relationship b. principle of inclusion c. principle of stratigraphic superposition d. principle of original continuity e. principle of original horizontality
3. Which strata is the youngest in the sedimentary sequence NW of the fault?
a. breccia b. basalt c. sandstone d. limestone e. Unit C
4. What is the youngest sedimentary unit in the "folded sequence" beneath the Sandstone?
a. breccia b. basalt c. sandstone d. limestone e. Unit C
5. What type of fault cuts the cross-section?
a. a right-lateral strike-slip fault b. a left-lateral strike-slip fault c. a normal fault d. a thrust fault
6. What is the age of the fault relative to the age of the granite?
a. the granite is younger than the fault b. the granite is older than the fault c. they are the same age d. there is no way to tell the age relationships from the cross-section
7. contact between the schist and the folded sequence is:
a. nonconformity. b. angular unconformity. c. disconformity d. intrusive contact. e. tectonic contact.
8. contact between the sandstone unit and the underlying folded sequence is:
a. nonconformity. b. angular unconformity. c. disconformity. d. intrusive contact. e. a conformable depositional contact.
9. contact between Unit C and the underlying Unit B is:
a. nonconformity. b. angular unconformity. c. disconformity. d. a conformable depositional contact
10. contact between the diorite and the folded sequence is:
a. nonconformity. b. angular unconformity. c. disconformity. d. intrusive contact. e. tectonic contact.
11. fault cutting across the cross-section, dips in which direction?
a. Northwest b. Southwest c. Northeast d. Southeast
12. The fold Southeast of the fault is:
a. anticline b. syncline c. monocline d. homocline
13. What best descibes the activity of the fault?
a. The fault is inactive.
b. The fault could be active.
c. impossible to tell if the fault is active or not
14. In the rock record, how many periods of mountain building are depicted in this cross-section?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. there are no mountain building events depicted
15. Could faulting and igneous activity have occurred at the same time?
a. Yes b. No c. There is no way to tell
