GARP Study Questions with complete solution Lithosphere - correct answer the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Asthenosphere - correct answer below the lithosphere
Tectonics - correct answer deformation due to the existence and movement of rigid "pl...
GARP Study
Lithosphere - correct answer ✔the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of
the crust and upper mantle
Asthenosphere - correct answer ✔below the lithosphere
Tectonics - correct answer ✔deformation due to the existence and
movement of rigid "plates" over a weak or partly molten layer in the earth's
upper mantle. This theory explains many different observations in Geology
(unifying theory)
Stress - correct answer ✔force per unit area - compression, extension, shear
Strain - correct answer ✔Response to stress: physical change
Elastic - correct answer ✔size and shape recovered
Ductile (def.) - correct answer ✔plastic - shape and size do not recover,
cohesion not lost
Brittle (def.) - correct answer ✔rupture - loss of cohesion
Fold - correct answer ✔compressive forces (looks like a "s" curve)
Fault - correct answer ✔fractures in rocks (resulting in earthquakes)
(hanging wall, footwall, displacement)
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