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Plate Tectonics and Fault Types

Plate Tectonics and Fault Types

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Geography, Other

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial covers the deformation of Earth's crust, focusing on different types of plate boundaries: divergent, transform, and convergent. It explains the processes of seafloor spreading, subduction, and the formation of various landforms such as rift valleys, mid-ocean ridges, and mountains. The tutorial also discusses the types of stress (compression, tension, and shearing) and their relation to different faults (normal, reverse, and strike-slip). Additionally, it covers folding patterns like anticlines and synclines, and the role of faults in earthquakes.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is formed when two oceanic plates pull apart at a divergent boundary?

A trench

A mid-ocean ridge

A volcanic island

A mountain range

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of convergent boundary involves one plate sliding under another?

Continental-continental

Oceanic-continental

Transform

Divergent

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of stress is associated with a convergent boundary?

Compression

Shearing

Tension

Bending

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of stress causes rocks to be pulled apart?

Tension

Compression

Folding

Shearing

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a ripple in rock layers that arches upwards?

Fault line

Syncline

Monocline

Anticline

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a normal fault, what happens to the hanging wall?

It slides up the foot wall

It forms a trench

It slides down the foot wall

It remains stationary

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of fault is characterized by horizontal movement?

Normal fault

Reverse fault

Thrust fault

Strike-slip fault

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