Title: What type of geologic feature is this fold, fault, intrusion, inclusion What type of stress caused t
1What type of geologic feature is this?(fold,
fault, intrusion, inclusion) What type of stress
caused this feature?(shearing, tension,
compression)
2What type of fold is this?(anticline or
syncline) What came first, the exposed rock
layers or the fold? Which geologic law supports
your decision?
3Which of the layers is oldest? (A, B or C)Which
geologic law supports your decision?
A
B
C
4The pink rock inside the shale is an igneous
intrusion. What came first, the intrusion or the
exposed rock? Which geologic law supports your
answer?
Shale
Igneous intrusion
5Fossil
Intrusion
This is a picture of a small intrusion. If you
look closely, there are fossils around the
intrusion, but there are no fossils inside the
intrusion. Why?
6This large rock fragment is a volcanic bomb that
was thrown almost half a mile during an eruption.
Because it cooled down outside of a volcano, it
cooled quickly. Is it an intrusive or extrusive
igneous rock? What size crystals does it have?
By looking at color and crystal size, what is
the name of this type of igneous rock?
7This photo shows lava ripples that formed as a
lava flow cooled about 60,000 years ago.
Assuming you took this picture, did the lava flow
to your left or right?
8You are looking at a tilted rock bed. The white
rock is limestone and the dark rock is a special
type of shale called a mudstone. What type of
weathering has caused the mudstone to weather
faster than the limestone?
9This is a picture of the cave entrance at
Carlsbad Caverns, NM. Describe what type of
weathering took place here.What type of
topography has caused this cave to form?