Fault Lines and Types of Fault Movement Exercise

Fault Lines and Types of Fault Movement

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Fault Lines and Types of Fault Movement

Discover different types of fault lines and examine how rocks move along these fractures during seismic events.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What are the three main types of faults?

  2. MultiChoice

    Which type of stress causes a normal fault by pulling rocks apart?

  3. MultiChoice

    Which stress force squeezes rocks together to create a reverse fault?

  4. MultiChoice

    What type of stress causes rocks to slide past each other horizontally in a strike-slip fault?

  5. MultiChoice

    In a fault, what is the block of rock that lies above an inclined fault plane called?

  6. MultiChoice

    In a fault, what is the block of rock that lies below an inclined fault plane called?

  7. MultiChoice

    What happens to the hanging wall in a normal fault?

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    What happens to the hanging wall in a reverse fault?

  9. MultiChoice

    Which famous fault line in California is an example of a strike-slip fault?

  10. MultiChoice

    What is the steep cliff feature formed when a fault displaces Earth's surface vertically?

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    What special name is given to a reverse fault with a low-angle fault plane?

  12. MultiChoice

    Which plate boundary type is most commonly associated with normal faults?