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WorksheetsMountains, Folds and Faults Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of stress is this?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
2.
What type of stress is this?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
3.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
4.
What type of stress causes these folds?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
5.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
6.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
7.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
8.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
9.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
d)
Tenson
10.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
11.
What type of deformation is this rock displaying?
a)
brittle
b)
ductile
c)
normal fault
d)
reverse fault
12.
What type of fault is shown in this picture?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike slip
d)
tension
13.
What part of a fold is pictured here?
a)
upfold
b)
downfold
c)
anticline
d)
syncline
14.
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust?
a)
anticline
b)
syncline
c)
fracture
d)
strike-slip fault
15.
What is this boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
neutral
16.
What is this boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
subduction
d)
divergent
17.
What type of boundary experiences shearing stress?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Strike-slip
18.
Which fault doesn't move up or down?
a)
Strike-slip
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Shearing
19.
What type of stress is involved in creating the great rift valley?
a)
Tension
b)
Shearing
c)
Compression
d)
Divergent
20.
What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Volcano forming
c)
Earthquake
d)
Mountain building
21.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
22.
Folded mountains form ___.
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs
b)
when continents collide
c)
when continents diverge
d)
after huge earthquakes
23.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
24.
Materials that respond to stress by bending or deforming without breaking are ___
a)
ductile.
b)
brittle.
c)
faulted.
d)
isostatic.
25.
Which of these are types of mountains?
a)
rolling, glacial, subterranean, cascades
b)
rocky, green, smoky, white
c)
fault-block, dome, volcanic, folded
d)
salt-block, dome, magnum, frozen
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