Unit 6 TEST - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called:

• Plateau

• Compression

• Stress

• Earthquake

What type of force pushes rock in two opposite directions at a transform boundary?

• Compression

• Shear

• Tension

At a (a)   fault, the hanging wall moves upward while the footwall moves downward.

In a strike-slip fault, rocks slide past each other at a (a)   boundary.

A fold that forms in a rock that bends upward into an arch is called an (a)   .

A fold that forms in a rock that downward to form a "V" shape is called a (a)   .

Which type of stress causes the formation of folded mountains?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shear

How do fault-block mountains form?

• They result from the accumulation of sedimentary layers.
• They form from volcanic activity.
• Fault-block mountains form due to the movement of normal fault blocks along fault lines.

• They are created by erosion of surrounding land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a plateau?

• A plateau is a type of mountain.
• A plateau is a deep valley.
• A plateau is an elevated flat landform.
• A plateau is a body of water.

Match the following terms

• stress

• force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

• reverse fault

• large elevated flat landform

• fault

• stress that pushes rock in two opposite directions

• plateau

• fault in which the hanging wall moves up and footwall moves down

• shearing

• break in rock where surfaces slip past each