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WorksheetsFolds and Faults
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Q1. What type of fault is characterized by the horizontal movement of rocks past each other?
A) normal fault
B) reverse fault
C) strike-slip fault
What type of fault is characterized by the horizontal movement of rocks past each other?
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
The type of fault pictured is a
normal fault
reverse fault
strike slip fault
compression fault
Identify the type of fault:
Normal
Reverse (thrust)
Strike-Slip
This is not a fault
What causes deformation of rock?
Stress in the earth's crust
water
time
tyme
Type of fold: downfolds or troughs
anticlines
synclines
monoclines
benchmarks
The major force that forms folded mountains.
compressional force
impression force
depressions force
plateau
The oldest layer of an anticline is located ___
on an incline
within a syncline
in the center of the fold
on the bottom of the fold
A fold where the youngest rock layer is in the center is called a(n) _____
monocline.
decline.
syncline.
anticline.
normal fault reverse fault strike-slip fault
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault reverse fault strike-slip fault
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
An upward fold in the rock that makes an arch
anticline
syncline
folded mountain
fault block
Compression causes the formation of ...
only anticlines
only synclines
both anticlines and synclines
What type of FOLD is shown here?
Anticline
Syncline
Monocline
Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?
Compression
Tension
Shear
"THE"
What type of stress causes rocks to fold?
Tensional stress
Compressional stress
Shear stress
Thermal stress
Which type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving downward relative to the footwall?
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-slip fault
Thrust fault
In which type of fold is the oldest rock layer found at the core?
Anticline
Syncline
Monocline
Overturned fold
What is the primary difference between a fault and a fold?
Faults involve breaking of rocks, folds involve bending
Faults are formed by compressional forces, folds by tensional forces
Faults occur only in sedimentary rocks, folds in igneous rocks
Faults are horizontal, folds are vertical
Which geological feature is most likely to form at a convergent plate boundary?
Folded mountains
Rift valleys
Mid-ocean ridges
Transform faults
What is a syncline?
A fold with younger layers closer to the center
A fold with older layers closer to the center
A type of fault
A type of volcanic rock
Which of the following is a real-world example of a fold?
The Himalayas
The San Andreas Fault
The Grand Canyon
The Great Barrier Reef
What is the term for a fold that is tilted and has an inclined axis?
Plunging fold
Recumbent fold
Isoclinal fold
Chevron fold
Which type of fault is associated with horizontal movement?
Strike-slip fault
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Thrust fault
