Earthquakes

Look at the picture of compression stress. What does it do to the rocks?

• push together

• pull apart

• slide back and forth

Look at the picture of tension stress. What does it do to the rocks?

• push together

• pull apart

• slide back and forth

Look at the picture of shearing stress. What does it do to the rock?

• pull apart

• push together

• slide back and forth

What type of fault does a shearing stress make?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• strike slip fault

Which is not a type of stress?

• tension

• compression

• strike slip

What do you call breaks in the crust?

• stress

• faults

• cracks

The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving together

• tension
• compression
• shear

A fault caused by rocks moving together

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• slip strike fault

a fault caused by rocks moving away from each other

• strike slip fault
• reverse fault 
• normal fault

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension