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WorksheetsEarthquake Faults
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
a)
fracture
b)
fault
c)
joint
2.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
3.
A fault caused by rocks moving together
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
slip strike fault
4.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
5.
Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
6.
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
7.
The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __
a)
compression.
b)
tension.
c)
shear.
d)
deposition.
8.
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
9.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
10.
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.
a)
normal, divergent, tension
b)
reverse, convergent, shearing
c)
strike-slip, transform, compression
11.
Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:
a)
tightening
b)
tension
12.
What fault has little up or down motion?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
13.
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
14.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
15.
Rock layers undergo stress when they are squeezed at convergent boundaries. This stress is called:
a)
compression
b)
combining
16.
Compression is the type of stress that causes the crust to become thinner in the middle.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
18.
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.
a)
normal fault
b)
strike-slip fault
c)
reversynclinese fault
19.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
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