Faults in the Field: Geo Quiz

Today’s Questions:

1. Name four things that can cause a landslide.

2. Water can separate different sized sediments (called sorting). Does high energy water currents carry large sediments or small sediemtns? What happens as the water's energy decreases?

Reference help: Kids.Net.AU
Sedimentary Rocks



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Yesterday's Answer:
1. Here is a picture of conglomerate rock. How many different kinds of rock can you see in it?
At least five colors of rocks appear in the conglomerate - maybe more!:

• large dark gray rock
• light yellow gray rock
• a dark brown pink rock
• creamy white rock
• a lighter brown pink rock

2. Name 5 things you can find in a southern California Tidal pool.
There are many correct answers: starfish, anemones, urchins, barnacles, crabs, kelp and other sea plants, sea cucumbers, bryozoans, barnacles





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Write the definition:

liquefaction

harzard

mitigation

Reference help: The Physical Environment Glossary,
Geologylink - Glossary




Concepts for the day! Which ones do you know?
types of faults, types of landslide, effects of mountains, debris flow, levees, monsoon, alluvial terraces, evidence of earthquakes, fault step-overs, alluvial terrace risers, slip rate, offset terraces, GPS, geologic hazard, canyon, extension

Today’s Questions:

1. Here is a picture of conglomerate rock. How many different kinds of rock can you see in it?

2. Name 5 things you can find in a southern California Tidal pool.

Reference help: About.com
Words to Explore


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Yesterday's Answer:
1. What is the age of the fossils from the La Brea tar pits?
The La Brea tar pits trapped animals 25,000 years ago.

2. What kinds of animal fossils did scientists find in the La Brea tar pits?
Scientist have found mammoths, sabertoothed cats, dire wolves and ground sloths. Also microfossils of plants and insects have been found.





TEST YOUR VOCABULARY!

Write the definition:

conglomerate
tidal pool
crossbedding
deposition

Reference help: The Physical Environment Glossary,
Geologylink - Glossary




Concepts for the day! Which ones do you know?
plateform, hanging wall, composition, fragment, shore
turbidites, boulders, gravel

Today’s Questions:

1. What is the age of the fossils from the La Brea tar pits?

2. What kinds of animal fossils did scientists find in the La Brea tar pits?

Reference help: La Brea Tar Pits Museum,
Enchanted Learning


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Yesterday's Answers:
1. How does a levee protect a town?
A levee is a natural mound of dirt that is usually made by flowing water. There are man-made levees too, which are long low hills that keep water out of an area. Levees control flooding. They keep flood waters away from towns and neighborhoods.

2. Why are hot springs so hot?
The water in a hot spring is heated by 'geothermal' heat. That means heat from the Earth's interior. It gets hotter as you go deeper into the Earth's crust. Water that goes down deep in the crust gets hot from the hot rocks. Then the hot water moves back up and makes a hot spring.






TEST YOUR VOCABULARY!

Write the definition:

tides
clastic
dune
tar pit

Reference help: The Physical Environment Glossary,
Geologylink - Glossary




Concepts for the day! Which ones do you know?
normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, sandstone,
dune, cliff

Today’s Questions:

1. How does a levee protect a town?

2. Why are hot springs so hot?

Reference help: How Stuff Works
Wikipedia on Hot Springs


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Yesterday's Answers:
1. Which kind of fault happens when Earth’s crustal plates push
together? (Compression)
Answer: When the plates push together Reverse (or Thrust) faults will develop.

2. There are ten kinds of landslides. Name five of them.
Answer: There are 10 possible kinds of landslides: rotational landside, block landslide, translational landslide rock fall, debris fall, topple, debris avalanche, earth flow, creep and and lateral spread. The stud





TEST YOUR VOCABULARY!

Write the definitions:

hot spring
basin
sediment
oasis

Reference help: The Physical Environment Glossary,
Geologylink - Glossary




Concepts for the day! Which ones do you know?
types of faults, types of landslide, effects of mountains, debris flow, levees, monsoon, alluvial terraces, evidence of earthquakes, fault step-overs, alluvial terrace risers, slip rate, offset terraces, GPS, geologic hazard, canyon, extension

Today’s Questions:

1. Which kind of fault happens when Earth’s crustal plates push
together? (Compression) (10 Points)

2. There are ten kinds of landslides. Name five of them. (10 Points)

Reference help: USGS Landslide Types and Processes

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Test Your GEO Vocabulary

Write the definition:

landslide
alluvial fan
levee
scarp


Reference help: The Physical Environment Glossary,
Geologylink - Glossary


Concepts for the Day!

Which ones do you know?
types of faults, types of landslide, effects of mountains, debris flow, levees, monsoon, alluvial terraces, evidence of earthquakes, fault step-overs, alluvial terrace risers, slip rate, offset terraces, geologic hazard, canyon, extension, compression