WorksheetsScience Forces on Earth's Crust
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A force that acts on rock to change its shape and volume
a)
Hammering
b)
Stress
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Subduction
2.
Which is NOT a kind of stress used to change the volume or shape of a rock?
a)
Shearing
b)
Compression
c)
Test Anxiety
d)
Tension
3.
Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite
a)
Shearing
b)
Fault
c)
Anticline
d)
Soil
4.
Pulls on the crust,stretching rocks so that it becomes thinner in the middle
a)
Compression
b)
Folds
c)
Tension
d)
Syncline
5.
Squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
a)
Shearing
b)
Compression
c)
Parent Rock
d)
Bedrock
6.
Is a break in Earth's crust where slabs of crust slip past each other
a)
Fold
b)
Anticline
c)
Fault
d)
Humus
7.
Are bends in rock that form when compression shortens and thickens part of Earth's crust
a)
Anticline
b)
Bedrock
c)
Soil
d)
Folds
8.
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch
a)
Anticline
b)
Parent Rock
c)
Leaching
d)
Soil
9.
A fold in rock that bends downward in the middle to form bowl
a)
Humus
b)
Syncline
c)
Bedrock
d)
Leaching
10.
Which type of fault occurs due to tension in the Earth's crust?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
11.
Which type of fault occurs due to compression in the Earth's crust?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
12.
Which type of fault is the San Andreas Fault in California?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
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