Types of Faults

Match the following:

• Strike-Slip Fault

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• Normal Fault

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• Reverse (thrust) Fault

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the following:

• Divergent boundary

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• Convergent boundary

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• Transform boundary

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the following:

• Divergent boundary

• Normal fault

• Convergent boundary

• Strike-Slip Fault

• Transform boundary

• Reverse (thrust) fault

Which type of stress pulls rock apart like stretching a rubber band?

• tension

• shearing

• strike-slip

• compression

Which type of stress squeezes rock until if bends or breaks?

• tension

• shearing

• strike-slip

• compression

Which type of stress pushes rock in opposite directions with little up or down movement?

• tension

• shearing

• strike-slip

• compression

Which type of stress is associated with a normal fault?

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Which type of stress is associated with a reverse fault?

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Which type of stress is associated with a strike slip fault?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• blocks move opposite of one another

• Strike-slip Fault

• hanging wall moves up

• Normal Fault

• hanging wall moves down

• Reverse Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3