Faulting

What is faulting

• Cracking of the earth's crustal rocks

• Fracturing of the rocks of the earth's crust

• Bending of the rocks of the earth's crust

• Is a word invented by Tr Ndavi

Faulting is not caused by three forces

• True

• False

• Not sure

• None of the above

Name the three stresses that cause faulting

• Tensional Forces

• Compressional Forces

• Shear forces

• All the above

When the land move in relation to the others along the fault in a movement

• Earth movement

• Displacement

• Throw

• Faulting

Horizontal displacement or lateral is called

• heave

• hade

• faultscarp

• throw

The steep slope facing the downthrow is called

• Faultscarp

• Throw

• Hade

• Heave

The land displaced upwards is referred to as

• upthrow

• downthrow

• displacement

• heave

The vertical displacement is known as

• Throw

• Downthrow

• Upthrow

• Heave

Which of The following is not a types of fault

• Normal fault

• Nappe fault

• Reserved fault

• Shear fault

A type of fault caused by two opposing parallel forces which result in slipping is known as

• A tear fault

• slip fault

• anticlinal fault

• thrust fault