WorksheetsFaults and Earthquake
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 21mins
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
tension
compression
shearing
force
Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
tension
compression
shearing
force
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
none of the above
What fault has little up or down motion?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
none of the above
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
none of the above
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.
normal, divergent, tension
reverse, convergent, shearing
strike-slip, transform, compression
all of the above
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
fracture
fault
joint
crack
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
none of the above
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
none of the above
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
none of the above
A fault caused by rocks moving together.
normal fault
reverse fault
slip strike fault
none of the above
