Faults Practice Quiz

How does a reverse fault form?

• The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
• Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
• Blocks slide past each other.
• The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

The cat is standing on the...

• foot wall
• hanging wall
• left
• weirdest elevator ever

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.

• normal fault
• strike-slip fault
• reversynclinese fault

A fault caused by rocks moving together

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• slip strike fault

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

The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:

• fracture
• fault
• joint

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

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault