Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Forces that are created by the movement of Earth's plates are called?

• Stress

• Fatigue

• Anxiety

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is called?

• A fault

• Compression

• Tension

• Shearing

The stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is called?

• Tension

• Shearing

• A fault

• Compression

The stress force that pushes rock in two difference directions is called?

• Tension

• Shearing

• Compression

• A fault

A fault that forms where rock is pulled apart by tension in the Earth's crust is called a?

• Normal fault

• Average fault

• Reverse fault

• Strike-slip fault

A fault that forms where compression forces push the rock of the crust together is called a?

• Normal fault

• Back-up fault

• Reverse fault

• Strike-slip fault

A fault that forms where the rocks on either side shear, or push past each other in opposite directions is called a?

• Falling fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Normal fault

• Reverse fault

A break in the earth's crust is called a?

• Fault

• Plateau

• Mountain

• Hole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a?

• Fault

• Plateau

• Volcano

• Earthquake

The shaking that results from the movement of rocks below Earth's surface is called a(n)?

• Earthquake

• Wave

• Fault

• Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2