Faults in Earth's Crust Review Questions

What causes normal faults?

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

• Gravitational pull

What is the hanging wall?

• The rock surface below the fault plane

• The rock surface above the fault plane

• The surface of a river

• The top of a mountain

What happens to older rocks in a reverse fault?

• They are displaced above younger rocks

• They remain in place

• They move below younger rocks

• They form new layers

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the point inside Earth where an earthquake starts called?

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Fault line

• Seismic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of fault is displaced in a horizontal direction?

• Normal fault

• Reverse fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Thrust fault

What type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving down relative to the foot wall?

• Normal fault

• Reverse fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Thrust fault

What type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving up relative to the foot wall?

• Normal fault

• Reverse fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Thrust fault

What is the term for a fracture in Earth's crust in which movement of rock has occurred?

• Fault

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Seismic zone

Where are faults most commonly found?

• edges of tectonic plates

• center of tectonic plates

• deep ocean trenches

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Often form along convergent boundaries, resulting in a shortening of Earth's crust. What type of fault is this?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5