Plate Stress

Plate Stress

10th - 12th Grade

30 Qs

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Plate Stress

Plate Stress

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Science

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which stress causes no land to be gained or lost?
compression
tension
shearing

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
tension
compression
shearing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of stress squeezes the rock until it breaks?
tension
compression
shearing

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which type of fault does the hanging wall slide up and over the footwall?
strike-slip
normal
reverse

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What fault has little up or down motion?
strike-slip
normal
reverse

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
strike-slip
normal
reverse

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