Faulting, Folding & Mountain Building

Type of stress that causes rocks to move apart and becomes thin in the middle is ____________.

• Compression

• Tension

• Shear

Type of stress that causes the middle of the rock to get thicker( squeezes) is called __________.

• Shear

• Tension

• Compression

Type of stress that causes the rock to slide past each other is called _________.

• Shear

• Tension

• Compression

rocks slide past each other

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike slip fault

Which type of fault results from pushing?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike Slip
• Transform

Which type of fault results from pulling?

• Reverse
• Strike Slip
• Normal
• Transform

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

What is a fault?

• The energy that is built up in a rock
• A crack in Earth's surface
• An area where lava erupts from the surface
• A force that pulls rocks apart

A fault caused by compression force

• Normal fault
• Reverse fault
• Strike-slip fault

A fault caused by tension force

• Normal fault
• Reverse fault
• Strike-slip fault