Ch. 19-20 Earth Science

Which stress causes rocks to be pulled in opposite directions, hence may cause them to stretch?

• Tension stress

• Compression stress

• Shear stress

• Fracture

Faults that occur due to tension and cause horizontal and vertical movement are called _____.

• Normal

• Reverse

• Thrust

• Strike-slip

Factors that influence the strength and deformation of a rock include ___________, pressure, rock type, and time.

• stress

• flow

• temperature

• water

What is deformation?

• Process when the rocks break apart or erode.

• Process of when rocks melt away.

• Process when rocks change shape under pressure.

• Process when

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens in strike slip faults?

• Fault blocks move past each other horizontally. 
• Fault blocks move past each other vertically.
• The faults do not move at all. 
• The faults do move but not enough to cause anything. 

What type of stress is happening to these layers of crust?

• Compression

• Separation

• Faulting

• Tension

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The forces per unit area that act on materials is called _____.

• fault

• fold

• stress

• tension

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What kind of fault is shown here?

• strike-slip fault

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• Richter

This is an example of a ______________ fault.

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• strike-slip fault

• Richter

What kind of fault is shown here?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• strike-slip fault

• Richter fault