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Folding and Faulting

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of stress squeezes the rock until it breaks?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

2.

In which type of fault does the hanging wall slide up and over the footwall?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

3.

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

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

4.

What type of stress forms reverse faults? 

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

5.

A reverse fault would be found at what type of boundary?

a)

Compression

b)

Divergent

c)

Normal

d)

Convergent

6.

The type of fault created from shear stress is

a)

reverse fault

b)

strike-slip fault

c)

normal fault

d)

Moho Fault

7.

normal fault reverse fault left lateral strike-slip fault right lateral strike-slip fault

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

left lateral strike-slip fault

d)

right lateral strike-slip fault

8.

The block of rock that lies above a fault is called

a)

hanging wall

b)

foot wall

9.

B is a diagram of a __ fault

a)

Normal 

b)

Reverse 

c)

Strike - Slip 

10.

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

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

11.

What fault has little up or down motion?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

12.

A break in the earth's surface is called...

(a)  

13.

The study of the movement and changes in the rocks that make up the Earth's crust is called

(a)  

14.

What geological process involves the bending of rock layers due to stress?

a)

Folding

b)

Faulting

c)

Erosion

d)

Weathering

15.

Which type of fault is characterized by horizontal movement along the fault plane?

a)

Normal fault

b)

Reverse fault

c)

Strike-slip fault

d)

Thrust fault