2.1 Forces in the Earth's Crust

Which type of fault is created by tension forces?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-Slip

Which type of stress creates a reverse fault?

• Tension
• Compression
• Shearing

What is the term for a force that acts on rock to change its shape of volume?

• Tension
• Compression
• Stress

What is a block of rock that slips downward in a normal fault and moves upward in a reverse fault?

• Hanging wall
• Footwall
• Anticline
• Syncline

What is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level?

• Mountain
• Plateau
• Footwall

Which type of fault is created by compression forces?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

What is a fold in a rock that bends upward into an arch?

• Syncline
• Plateau
• Anticline

Which type of stress squeezes rock until it folds or breaks?

• Shearing
• Tension
• Compression

Which type of fault is caused by shearing, where there is little upward or downward movement?

• Normal
• Tension
• Strike-Slip

What is a fold in rock that bends downward into a valley?

• Anticline
• Syncline
• Plateau