Faults 3

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __

• compression
• tension
• shear
• deposition

How does a reverse fault form?

• The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
• Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
• Blocks slide past each other.
• The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

• Normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault