Rock Stress

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.

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

What type of fault is this?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

What type of mountains are these?

• fault-block mountains

• Dome mountains

• Volcanic mountains

• Folded Mountains

What type of fault is shown here?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

The red and white striped pole is on the

• hanging wall side

• footwall side

What type of fault is shown on the map?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

The cat is standing on the...

• foot wall
• hanging wall
• left
• weirdest elevator ever