Unit 4 Earthquakes QUIZ

stress force that pushes a mass of rock in 2 opposite directions

• shearing

• compression

• convection

• tension

stress force that pulls on the crust and thins the rock in the middle

• tension

• compression

• shearing

• convection

What type of fault is shown in the diagram?

• reverse

• normal

• strike slip

• stress

What causes stress inside the Earth?

• movement of tectonic plates

• heat from the core

• convection in the mantle

• rocks changing form

fracture between 2 blocks of rocks

• fault

• stress

• convection

• plate boundary

fault formed when the rocks are displaced in a horizontal direction parallel to the faultline

• strike slip

• normal

• reverse

• tranform

a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume

• stress

• fault

• convection

• plate movement

fault caused by tension

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike slip fault

• stress fault

fault where the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

• stress

What type of fault is shown by the diagram?

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

• transform