Stress and fault review

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of fault is this?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A fault caused by rocks squeezing together

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• slip strike fault

Forces that change a rocks shape or volume is called

• tension

• compression

• stress

________________ pulls crust in opposite directions which results in a normal fault.

• tension

• compressions

• stress

Strike-slip fault occurs at a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

_______________ stress occurs at a reverse fault.

• tension

• compression

• shearing

_______________ stress occurs at a strike-slip fault.

• tension

• compression

• shearing

Strike slip faults move by ____________________.

• pulling apart

• pushing together

• sliding past each other