GEOL 1401

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Exam 3 – Bonus Homework

1. Contrast brittle and plastic deformation. What factors determine whether a rock will behave in brittle or plastic fashion?

2. Diagram and detail the difference between normal, reverse and strike-slip faults.

3. Describe and diagram the differences among an anticline, a syncline, and a monocline.

4. Discuss the processes by which mountain belts form at convergent boundaries, during continental collisions, and in continental rifts.

5. What is the difference between a body wave and a surface wave? How do P-waves and S-waves differ from each other? How do R-waves and L-waves differ from each other? Diagram the different seismic waves.

6. Explain how the ground movements produced by an earthquake are detected by a seismometer.

7. Explain the differences among the scales used to describe the size of an earthquake.

8. What is a tsunami and why do tsunamis form? How do they differ from storm waves?

9. Why do seismic waves refract as specific depths within the Earth? What causes P-wave and S-wave shadow zones and what does their presence imply? Diagram the P-wave and S-wave shadow zones.

10. What is the source of the organic material in oil and how is it transformed into oil?

11. How are hydrocarbons trapped to yield an oil reserve? Explain the difference between a conventional and an unconventional oil reserve.

12. What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? Be detailed in your answer.

13. Describe how a nuclear power plant produces electricity? What are some of the drawbacks of nuclear power?

14. What is geothermal energy? What geologic factors limit its use?

15. Describe the various kinds of ore deposits and how they form.