Stresses & Faults

The stress force that pulls the two plates/crust apart is called...

• tension

• compression

• shearing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The stress force that pushes the two pieces of crust/plates together is called...

• tension

• compression

• shearing

The stress force that pulls plates past one another sideways is called

• shearing

• compression

• tension

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A fault caused by rocks moving together

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• slip strike fault

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of stress causes these folds?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together?  Choose all that apply.

• normal, divergent, tension
• reverse, convergent, shearing
• strike-slip, transform, compression

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-Slip

Stress takes millions of years to shape rocks.

• True

• False