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WorksheetsCh 2.1-2.2 Vocab
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A deeply buried rock is pushed down by the weight of all the material above it and therefore it cannot move.
a)
Confining Stress
b)
Compression
c)
Tension
d)
Shear
2.
Pressure that squeezes rocks together, causing rocks to fold or fracture.
a)
Confining Stress
b)
Compression
c)
Tension
d)
Shear
3.
Rocks that are pulled apart causing them to lengthen or break apart.
a)
Tension
b)
Shear
c)
Strain/Deformation
d)
Fracture
4.
The stress when forces are parallel but moving in opposite directions.
a)
Tension
b)
Shear
c)
Elastic Deformation
d)
Plastic Deformation
5.
When stress causes a material to change shape.
a)
Strain/Deformation
b)
Compression
c)
Fracture
d)
Confining Stress
6.
When increasing stress causes the rock to return to its original shape when the stress is removed.
a)
Elastic Deformation
b)
Plastic Deformation
c)
Fault
d)
Slip
7.
When increasing stress causes the rock to not return to its original shape when the stress is removed.
a)
Elastic Deformation
b)
Plastic Deformation
c)
Joint
d)
Dip
8.
When increasing stress causes the rock to break.
a)
Shear
b)
Fracture
c)
Joint
d)
Slip
9.
A rock under stress will fracture. If there is no movement on either side of a fracture then the fracture is called
a)
Fracture
b)
Joint
c)
Slip
d)
Dip
10.
Stresses along _____ cause rocks to break and move suddenly. The energy released is an earthquake.
a)
Faults
b)
Fractures
c)
Slip
d)
Dip
11.
The distance rocks move along a fault.
a)
Slip
b)
Dip
c)
Fault
d)
Tension
12.
Faults lie at an angle to the horizontal surface of the Earth. That angle is called the fault’s _____.
a)
Slip
b)
Dip
c)
Compression
d)
Fracture
13.
There are two types of dip-slip faults. When the hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall this is a ___________.
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Dip-Slip Fault
d)
Fracture
14.
There are two types of dip-slip faults. When the footwall drops down relative to the hanging wall this is a
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Dip-Slip Fault
d)
Fracture
15.
This fault is a type of reverse fault in which the fault plane angle is nearly horizontal.
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Thrust Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
d)
Dip-Slip Fault
16.
This fault is a dip-slip fault in which the dip of the fault plane is vertical.
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Dip-Slip Fault
c)
Thrust Fault
d)
Strike-Slip Fault
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