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Faults and Earthquake

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

d)

force

2.

Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

d)

force

3.

The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

d)

none of the above

4.

What fault has little up or down motion?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

d)

none of the above

5.

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

d)

none of the above

6.

Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.

a)

normal, divergent, tension

b)

reverse, convergent, shearing

c)

strike-slip, transform, compression

d)

all of the above

7.

The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:

a)

fracture

b)

fault

c)

joint

d)

crack

8.
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
9.
The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __
a)
compression.
b)
tension.
c)
shear.
d)
deposition.
10.
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.
11.
a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

none of the above

12.

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

none of the above

13.

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

none of the above

14.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
15.

A fault caused by rocks moving together.

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

slip strike fault

d)

none of the above