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Question 1

What unlikely feature formed along the fault scarps of Central California?

Pinnacle National Park

The Salton Sea

Wallace Creek

Sag ponds

Question 2

Why do mountains form around Big Bend?

Fault creep creates pressure, causing uplift.

Magma surfaces when the San Andreas Fault creeps.

The bend in the fault causes this area to be bound, squeezed, and uplifted.

The fault is raised here.

Question 3

When was the last big Earthquake along the main fault?

1871

1989

2011

1906

Question 4

When did the San Andreas Fault appear?

50,000 years ago

28 million years ago

50 million years ago

28,000 years ago

Question 5

What is an example of this plate movement?

The Salton Sea

The separation of California and Baja California

Rocks of Pinnacles National Park match those of Antelope Valley, nearly 200 miles away

The northward flow of rivers along the San Andreas fault

Question 6

In which direction does Wallace Creeks offset?

Northeast

Northwest

Southwest

Southeast

Question 7

What two plates interact to form the San Andreas Fault?

Pacific plate and Caribbean plate

Pacific plate and Nazca plate

North American plate and Pacific plate

North American plate and Cocos plate

Question 8

The Pacific Plate is comprised of:

mostly continental lithosphere with some oceanic lithosphere.

only continental lithosphere.

only oceanic lithosphere.

mostly oceanic lithosphere with some continental lithosphere.

Question 9

In your own words, what creates Earthquakes? (100 word minimum)