Faults Quizizz

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?

• tension

• compression

• shearing

Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?

• tension

• compression

• shearing

What fault has little up or down motion?

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

Compression is the type of stress that causes the crust to become thinner in the middle.

• True 

• False

Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together?  Choose all that apply.

• normal, divergent, tension

• reverse, convergent, shearing

• strike-slip, transform, compression

Rock layers undergo stress when they are squeezed at convergent boundaries. This stress is called:

• compression

• combining

Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:

• tightening

• tension

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __

• compression.

• tension.

• shear.

• deposition.

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault