Rock Behaviors Under Stress Quiz

What kind of stress causes mountains to form when two plates collide?

• Shear stress

• Confining stress

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

How does rock behave when tension stress is acted upon it?

• It is deformed

• It forms fold or fracture

• It is compressed

• It is pulled apart or lengthened

Which type of stress is exerted in convergent plate boundaries?

• Direct stress

• Compressional stress

• Shear stress

• Tensional stress

What type of stress did Maya exert on the clay bar when she pushed the two sides with equal force on the same axis?

• Direct stress

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

What happens to rocks under shear stress?

• The rocks fold or fracture

• The rocks are pulled apart

• The rocks are squeezed

• The rock walls slip to each other on opposite direction

Which type of fold is formed when a compressive stress results in a landmass that arches upward?

• Anticline

• Syncline

• Incline

• Monocline

What type of fault is shown in the illustration below?

• Transverse

• Strike Slip

• Reverse

• Normal

Which type of fault is found in divergent plate boundaries?

• Transverse

• Strike Slip

• Reverse

• Normal

Which type of fault system creates the world’s highest mountain ranges?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike Slip

• Transverse

Which type of fault formed the San Andreas Fault?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike Slip

• Transverse