Earthquakes

Forces that changes rock shape or volume is called

• tension

• compression

• stress

________________ 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

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

• true

• false

Normal fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Normal faults create _________________.

• valleys

• mountains

• faults

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Reverse faults create _________________.

• valleys

• mountains

• faults

_______________ stress occurs at a normal fault.

• tension

• compression

• shearing

_______________ stress occurs at a strike-slip fault.

• tension

• compression

• shearing