Statistics for California Geology

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Major plate boundary pictured above	San Andreas Fault	95%
Tectonic Plate west of above	Pacific	86%
Tectonic Plate east of above	North American	62%
What carved Yosemite Valley	Glacier	52%
Volcanic Mountains that formed as a result of above’s subduction	Sierra Nevada	48%
Natural oil seeps in La Brea and Carpinteria with Ice Age fossils	Tar Pits	48%
Large lake near Imperial Valley	Salton Sea	43%
Type of plate boundary near the above	Divergent	29%
Remnant of that plate still subducting under the Pacific Northwest	Juan De Fuca	29%
Name a volcano in California that formed as a result of that plate’s subduction	Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen, Medicine Lake	29%
Cone-shaped river deposit at the mouths of canyons	Alluvial Fan	24%
Fault along the Tehachapi Mountains	Garlock Fault	19%
Rock Structure in Devil’s Postpile National Monument	Columnar Basalts	14%
Tectonic Plate that once subducted under California	Farallon Plate	14%
Caldera near Mammoth Mountain	Long Valley	14%
Area of major fault around Mount Piños where plates are converging like in Nepal	Big Bend	10%
Underwater gorges found off the coast of California, such as in Monterey Bay	Submarine Canyon	10%

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