Geologic Development of California
Directions: see if you can recall by memory some facts about California, without using your notes. Quiz your partner on these questions.
1. What is subduction and
what type of landforms are produced?
2. How were the Sierra Nevada
Mountains formed?
3. How was the San Andreas
Fault formed?
4. How was the Transverse
Range formed and why are they still rising?
Now, as a team try to figure out the following questions.
5. How are earthquakes formed?
6. Name where three (3)
of California's most powerful earthquakes occurred?
7. Where is the most dangerous
place to build your home in an earthquake hazard zone?