Plate Tectonics

A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...

• plate
• fault
• fold
• crack

What type of FAULT occurs when rocks pull apart?

• Normal
• Reverse/Thrust
• Strike-slip

What type of FAULT occurs when rocks slide past each other?

• Normal
• Reverse/Thrust
• Strike-slip

What type of FAULT occurs when rocks come together?

• Normal
• Reverse/Thrust
• Strike-slip

What type of STRESS occurs when rocks come together?

• Shearing
• Tension
• Compression

What type of STRESS occurs when rocks pull apart?

• Shearing
• Tension
• Compression

What type of STRESS occurs when rocks slide past each other?

• Shearing
• Tension
• Compression

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• at plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

The lithospheric plates are moving at a rate of  -

• nm/year
• mm/year
• cm/yr
• miles/yr

The lithospheric plates are moving at the rate at which - 

• your teeth grow
• your fingernails grow
• your skin cells grow
• you breathe