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- 1. Multiple ChoiceFolded mountains form ___.At transform boundarieswhen continental crusts collidewhen continent crusts divergeafter huge earthquakes
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe type of stress that squeezes and shortens rock is _______compression.tension.shearing.deposition.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is subduction?one plate collides with anotherone plate destroys anotherone plate goes beneath anotherone plate divides another
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow does a reverse fault form?The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.Blocks slide past each other.The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of fault results when the rock on either side of a fault plane slides horizontally in response to shear stress?normalreversestrike-slipthrust
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe rock below the fault plane is known as the ___footwall.fracture.hanging wall.hinge.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow do faults and folds compare?Faults are bends in rock where rocks move, and folds are breaks in rocks.Faults are breaks in rock where rocks move, and folds are bends in rock.Faults are breaks in rock where rocks do not move, and folds are bends in rock.Faults are bends in rock where rocks do not move, and folds are breaks in rock.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe type of stress that stretches and pulls a body apart is ___.straintensionstresscompression
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of stress is this?compressionshearingtension - 10. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 11. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of stress causes these folds?compressionshearingtension
- 13. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 14. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 15. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 16. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe cat is standing on the...foot wallhanging wallleftweirdest elevator ever
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of fault is this?normal faultreverse faultstrike-slip faultTenson
- 19. Multiple ChoiceA force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?stressfocusfrictionfracture
- 20. Multiple ChoiceStress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle!tensioncompressionsheearrubber-binder
- 21. Multiple ChoiceStress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement?shearcompressiontensionconstriction
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.normal faultstrike-slip faultreversynclinese fault
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault?hanging wall
hanging wallcliff wallfaultreverse fault - 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the center arrow pointing to?anticlinesyncline
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of stress is this?compressionshearingtension
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