Earthquakes and Faults

What is the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?

• Tension

• Stress

• Compression

• Shearing

Which stress force pulls on the Earth's crust and causes rock to thin in the middle?

• Compression

• Shearing

• Tension

• Stress

What is the stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shearing

• Stress

Which stress force pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions, causing it to break or slip?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shearing

• Stress

What type of fault cuts through rock at an angle, with one block of rock sitting over the fault and the other block lying under the fault?

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Plateau

Which fault has the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the opposite direction?

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Plateau

What type of fault occurs where the rocks on either side slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion?

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Strike-slip fault

• Plateau

What is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level, often formed by volcanic activity or tectonic forces?

• Plateau

• Mountain

• Valley

• Basin

What is the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock underneath Earth's surface?

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the area beneath Earth's surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move, initiating an earthquake?

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Fault

• Seismograph