WorksheetsFaults Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Rock layers undergo stress when they are squeezed at convergent boundaries. This stress is called:
a)
compression
b)
combining
2.
Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:
a)
tightening
b)
tension
3.
Bending of rock layers due to stress is called:
a)
faults
b)
folding
4.
Stress is placed on rock layers when two tectonic plates pull apart from each other. This type of stress is sometimes great enough to form:
a)
Fold Mountains
b)
Fossil Mountains
c)
Fan Mountains
5.
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
a)
fracture
b)
fault
c)
joint
6.
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in the Earth's crust is called:
a)
syncline
b)
anticline
7.
An upward fold in rock formed by compression of the Earth's crust.
a)
anticline
b)
syncline
8.
The hanging wall moves upward in this type of fault:
a)
reverse fault
b)
normal fault
c)
strike-slip fault
9.
The hanging wall moves downward in this type of fault:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
10.
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
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