Faults & Stresses

Forces that changes rock shape or volume is called

• tension

• compression

• stress

Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.

• tension

• compression

• stress

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.

• tension

• compressions

• stress

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

__________________ fault squeezes rock to form the Rocky Mountains.

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Strike-slip fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rocks become twisted and strained when they snag each other on a convergent boundary.

• true

• false

In a normal fault, rocks above the fault surface are forced up and over rocks below the fault surface.

• true

• false

The San Andreas Fault is an example of a reverse fault.

• true

• false

Normal faults occur at a divergent boundary.

• true

• false

Reverse fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform