____ Are Simply Bars with Opposite Sides That Are Parallel

question 23

Multiple Choice

____ are simply bars with opposite sides that are parallel within very close tolerances.

• A) V-blocks
• B) Protractors
• C) Height gages
• D) Parallels

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Definitions:

Contact Metamorphism

Metamorphism that principally involves heating of the rocks next to a magma or hot igneous material.

Subduction

The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.

Thrust Faulting

A type of faulting where one rock layer is pushed up and over another due to compressional forces.

Compression

A force that acts to reduce volume or shorten a material, critical in the formation of geological structures.