Structural Geology Quiz Review

The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is...

• tension
• shearing
• compression

Compression causes the formation of ...

• only anticlines
• only synclines
• both anticlines and synclines

A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a...

• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault
• normal fault

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is a(n) _____________.

• anticline
• syncline

When two plates move away from each other __________ faults are created.

• normal
• reverse
• strike slip

compression causes the formation of 

• only anticlines
• only synclines
• both anticlines and synclines
• neither anticlines nor synclines

a fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a 

• slip-strike fault
• normal fault
• hanging fault
• reverse fault

the stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is

• shearing
• compression
• tension
• uplifting

The force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is

• shearing
• compression
• tension
• uplifting

The force that creates Strike-Slip faults is known as...

• Shearing
• Compression
• Tension