WorksheetsFolding and Faulting
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What type of stress squeezes the rock until it breaks?
tension
compression
shearing
In which type of fault does the hanging wall slide up and over the footwall?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
What type of stress forms reverse faults?
tension
compression
shearing
A reverse fault would be found at what type of boundary?
Compression
Divergent
Normal
Convergent
The type of fault created from shear stress is
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
Moho Fault
normal fault reverse fault left lateral strike-slip fault right lateral strike-slip fault
normal fault
reverse fault
left lateral strike-slip fault
right lateral strike-slip fault
The block of rock that lies above a fault is called
hanging wall
foot wall
B is a diagram of a __ fault
Normal
Reverse
Strike - Slip
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
tension
compression
shearing
What fault has little up or down motion?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
A break in the earth's surface is called...
(a)
The study of the movement and changes in the rocks that make up the Earth's crust is called
(a)
What geological process involves the bending of rock layers due to stress?
Folding
Faulting
Erosion
Weathering
Which type of fault is characterized by horizontal movement along the fault plane?
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-slip fault
Thrust fault
