Lab Final

Question 1

Phanerozoic Rocks Region

Answer 1

Southern Saskatchewan

Question 2

Precambrian Rocks Region

Answer 2

Northern Saskatchewan

Question 3

Contour Line

Answer 3

imaginary line drawn on Earth’s surface connecting points of equal elevation

Question 4

Contour Interval

Answer 4

the difference in values between two adjacent contour lines

Question 5

Elevation

Answer 5

the number of meters a point is above mean sea level

Question 6

Relief

Answer 6

the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points in an area

Question 7

Representative Fraction (R.F.)

Answer 7

Ex- 1:10,000

Question 8

Verbal Scale

Answer 8

Ex- 1 cm = 1 km

Question 9

Graphic scale

Answer 9

A line or bar drawn on the map divided into units representing ground distances

Question 10

Vertical Exaggeration Formula

Answer 10

V.E. = V.S. (R.F.)/ H.S. (R.F.)

Question 11

Axial plane

Answer 11

plane that divides a fold as symmetrically as possible

Question 12

Axis

Answer 12

line of intersection between axial plane and folded surface

Question 13

Axial trace

Answer 13

trace of axial plane on ground surface

Question 14

Limb

Answer 14

parts of fold on either side of axial plane

Question 15

Strike-slip fault

Answer 15

a horizontal lateral fault

Question 16

Dip-slip fault

Answer 16

include normal and reverse faults; vertical movement along fault line

Question 17

Disconformity

Answer 17

two sedimentary layers, bottom has been eroded, top deposited at same plane as lower one

Question 18

Angular unconformity

Answer 18

two sedimentary layers, bottom layer has been eroded and tilted, top deposited on top at different plane

Question 19

Nonconformity

Answer 19

igneous or metamorphic layer eroded and sedimentary layer deposited on top