Question

analyzing land features
a geologist is making observations from atop a small mountain. she sees two parallel faults: one directly to the east and one directly to the west. she concludes that these faults are caused by tension stretching the crust.
from what type of land feature is the geologist making her observations?
plateau
anticline
syncline
fault - block mountain

Explanation:

• A plateau is a flat - topped landform.
• An anticline is an upward fold in rock layers.
• A syncline is a downward fold in rock layers.
• A fault - block mountain is formed when blocks of the Earth's crust are uplifted or tilted along faults. When a geologist is on a small mountain and sees parallel faults (caused by tension stretching the crust), this is characteristic of a fault - block mountain.

Answer:

fault - block mountain