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Types of Faults

Authored by Kyle Cook

Science

12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Types of Faults
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following:

Reverse (thrust) Fault

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Strike-Slip Fault

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Normal Fault

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Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following:

Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following:

Convergent boundary

Normal fault

Transform boundary

Strike-Slip Fault

Divergent boundary

Reverse (thrust) fault

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A dip-slip fault in which the block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below. This type of faulting occurs in response to extension: ​ (a)  

normal fault
reverse (thrust) fault
strike-slip fault
tsunami
epicenter
focus
aftershock
foreshock

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A dip-slip fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block. This type of faulting is common in areas of compression, such as regions where one plate is being subducted under another: ​ (a)  

reverse (thrust) fault
normal fault
strike-slip fault
tsunami
epicenter
focus
aftershock
foreshock

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A fault on which the two blocks slide past one another: ​​ (a)  

normal fault
tsunami
epicenter
focus
aftershock
foreshock
reverse (thrust) fault
strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the type of fault:

Normal

Reverse (thrust)

Strike-Slip

This is not a fault

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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