Faulting

Question 0

Give four examples of block mountains

Answer 0

Black Forest - Germany
Vosges - France
Mt lofty flinders - Australia
Ruwenzori - East Africa

Question 1

How does faulting occur?

Answer 1

Pressure is applied to rocks that are too rigid to fold, so the rocks crack
Break along faults/fault lines
Faults are simply cracks in the crust
Types of pressure determines the type of fault

Question 2

Give five examples of Rift Valley

Answer 2

Great Africa Rift Valley - East Africa 
Death Valley - USA
Rhine valley - Germany
Fish river - Namibia
Fishhoek - noordhoek (cape peninsula)

Question 3

Give an example of a transverse fault

Answer 3

San Andreas fault - California

Question 4

Describe normal faults

Answer 4

Tension forces
Plate moves apart ⬅️➡
️distance gets bigger
Doesn’t cross same layer

Question 5

Describe reverse faults

Answer 5

Compression forces
Plates meet at subduction zones
Distance gets smaller ➡️⬅️
Cross over same layer

Question 6

Describe transverse/transform faulting

Answer 6

2 plates slide past each other horizontally
Fault often becomes a valley with river passing through
Earthquakes are common here

Question 7

Describe fault scarp

Answer 7

Steep slope formed along a fault line when rocks slide up and down

Question 8

Describe the block mountain

Answer 8

Block of land moves upward, from compressional forces

Reverse fault

Question 9

Describe the Rift Valley

Answer 9

Block of land moves downwards, from tension forces

Normal fault

Question 10

Name some ways in which mountains influence people