Faults

Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.

• tension

• compression

• stress

Forces that changes rock shape or volume is called

• tension

• compression

• stress

________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.

• tension

• compressions

• stress

__________________ fault squeezes rock to form the Rocky Mountains.

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Strike-slip fault has a ______________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle!

• tension
• compression
• sheear
• rubber-binder

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement?

• shear
• compression
• tension
• constriction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A type of fault where the rock above the fault surface moves down, and the rock below the fault surface moves upward is a _____________________.

• normal fault

• strike-slip fault

• reverse fault

What type of fault is this?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

In a ____________ fault the rock above the fault surface moves upward, and the rock below the rock surface moves downward.

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse