Module 5 Rock - Behaviors Under Stress

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

• Shear stress

• Tensional stress

• Confining stress

• Compressional stress

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

• It forms fold or fracture

• It is deformed

• It is compressed

• It is pulled apart or lengthened

Which type of stress is exerted in convergent plate boundaries?

• Shear stress

• Direct stress

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

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

• Compressional stress

• Direct stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

What happens to the clay bar after the application of stress in the previous question?

• The clay bar will fold

• The clay bar will be pulled apart

• The clay bar will break apart

• The clay bar will lengthen

In which plate boundary does shear stress commonly occur?

• Transform boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

• Combine boundaries

What happens to rocks under shear stress?

• The rock walls slip to each other on opposite direction

• The rocks are pulled apart

• The rocks fold or fracture

• The rocks are squeezed

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

• Syncline

• Anticline

• Incline

• Monocline

Which type of fault is found in divergent plate boundaries?

• Strike Slip

• Reverse

• Normal

• Transverse

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

• Transverse

• Reverse

• Strike Slip

• Normal