Types of Faults

In the diagram, letter "A" is labeling the _____

• Hanging Wall
• Foot Wall
• Gallery Wall
• Accent Wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In the diagram, letter "B" is labeling the _____

• Hanging Wall
• Foot Wall
• Gallery Wall
• Accent Wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

How 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.

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?

• strike-slip
• normal
• reverse

Rock layers undergo stress when they are squeezed at convergent boundaries. This stress is called:

• compression

• tension

• shearing

Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:

• compression

• tension

• shearing

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

What type of fault is created?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of fault is created?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault