Rock Stress

Which type of fault formed the San Andreas Fault?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike Slip

• Transverse

What type of fold is formed when a compressive stress resulted to a landmass that arches upward?

• Anticline

• Incline

• Monocline

• Syncline

What will happen to the rock if it is exposed to a tension stress?

• Rocks will be pulled apart

• Rocks will be compressed

• Rocks will fold or form fracture

• Rocks will be squeezed together

A rock fracture or cracks due to stress

• FAULT

• FOLD

• TENSION

• SYNCLINE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Reverse fault formed through the stress that causes the hanging wall to move up. Which among the following are the result of this type of fault?

• Himalayas

• East African Rift

• Marikina Fault

• West Valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This ______ vary in every type of rock.

• DEFORMATION

• STRESS

• EROSION

• ABRAISION

What type of deformation when a rock bend?

• Brittle

• Elastic

• Ductile

• Bending

Rock stretches when under stress and come back when stress is released .

• Brittle

• Elastic

• Ductile

• Bending

Identify three types of stress

• Shearing

• Tearing

• Compression

• Tension

What type of stress causes rocks to be pulled apart?

• Compressive stress

• Tensile stress

• Shear stress

• Torsional stress