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6.2.1 Forces in Earth's Crust 2022-23

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Tension occurs where two plates slip past each other.
a)
False
b)
True
2.
The stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is called compression.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Very few faults occur along plate boundaries.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The Rio Grande River flows through a valley where tension in the Earth's crust has resulted in a normal fault.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
A reverse fault forms where compression pushes the rock of the crust together.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a normal fault.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Folded mountains are formed by compression caused by colliding plates.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Anticlines are folds in rock that bend downward into a V shape.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle.
a)
shearing
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
uplifting
10.
A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a
a)
strike slip fault
b)
normal fault
c)
hanging fault
d)
reverse fault
11.

What type of fault is this?

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike-slip fault

12.

What type of fault is this?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-slip

13.

Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

14.

Which type of fault is this (stress pushing in on both sides)?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-Slip

15.

What type of fault happens at a convergent plate boundary?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-Slip

d)

None of these

16.

What type of fault happens at a divergent plate boundary?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-Slip

d)

None of these

17.

What type of fault happens at a transform plate boundary?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-Slip

d)

None of these

18.

This is an example of a/an

a)

anticline

b)

syncline

19.

This is an example of a/an

a)

anticline

b)

syncline

20.
What occurs during folding?
a)
When the rocks change color. 
b)
When the rocks form and create a landslide. 
c)
When the rock layers combine to create a mountain.
d)
When rock layer bend under stress. 
21.

What type of fold is shown in the picture?

a)

syncline fold

b)

anticline fold

c)

both syncline & anticline folds

22.

This famous strike-slip fault that occurs at a transform boundary is located in the western United States and creates significant earthquake activity for California.

a)

New Madrid Fault

b)

Denali Fault

c)

Ramapo Seismic Zone

d)

San Andreas Fault

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