Mountain Building, Types of Faults, and Stresses Quiz

Which type of fault slides in opposite directions with little up or down movement?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• seismic fault

• strike-slip fault

Which type of fault slides up and in?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• seismic fault

• strike-slip fault

Which type of fault slides down and out?

• strike-slip fault

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• seismic fault

What type of stress is associated with this type of fault?

• reverse

• compression

• tension

• shearing

What type of stress is associated with this type of fault?

• reverse

• compression

• shearing

• tension

What type of stress is associated with this type of fault?

• tension

• reverse

• compression

• shearing

The Sierra Nevadas and the Teton Mountain Range are examples of which type of mountain?

• fault block mountains

• dome mountains

• folded mountains

• plateau

The Black Hills and Adirondacks are examples of which type of mountain?

• dome mountains

• fault block mountains

• folded mountains

• Plateau

The Alps, Appalachian, and Himalayan are examples of which type of mountain?

• Plateau

• folded mountains

• fault block mountains

• dome mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Catskills and Pike's Peak are examples of which type of mountain?

• fault block mountains

• Plateau

• dome mountains

• folded mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2