Final Exam Review-ALL

What causes the movement of Earth's plates? (a)  

• convection in the mantle
• circulation of water
• Earth's rotation
• energy from the sun

a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume

• stress

• inertia

• compression

• convection

stress force that pulls on the crust and thins the rock in the middle

• tension

• compression

• shearing

• reverse

   stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

• compression

• shearing

• tension

• normal

stress that pushes a mass of rock in 2 opposite directions

• shearing

• compression

• tension

• strike slip

Which type of fault is caused by tension?

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

• compression

Which type of fault is caused when the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall?

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

• convection

Which type of fault is caused by compression?

• reverse

• normal

• strike slip

• hanging wall

What type of fault occurs when the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall?

• reverse

• normal

• strike slip

• convection

What type of fault is caused by shearing?

• strike slip

• reverse

• normal

• compression