Earthquake 1 quiz

Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.

• tension

• compression

• stress

________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.

• tension

• compressions

• stress

__________________ fault squeezes rock to form the Rocky Mountains.

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

Strike-slip fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

In a normal fault, rocks above the fault surface are forced up and over rocks below the fault surface.

• true

• false

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

• true

• false

Normal faults occur at a divergent boundary.

• true

• false

Reverse fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Normal fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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

• tension
• compression
• shearing