Stresses and Faults

Question 1

Stresses

Answer 1

force that will be exerted on an area

Question 2

Types of Stress

Answer 2

Tension, Compression, Shearing, Uniform

Question 3

Tension _____ rocks ____

Answer 3

pulls apart

Question 4

Compression _____

Answer 4

pushes rocks together

Question 5

Shearing makes the rocks _____

Answer 5

slide along each other

Question 6

Force acts in all directions

Answer 6

Uniform Stress

Question 7

Faults are ____

Answer 7

breaks in the weak parts of the Earth’s crust

Question 8

Most obvious indication of earthquake activity

Answer 8

Faults

Question 9

Faults are usually slanted and broken at an angle anywhere between ________

Answer 9

45º and 65º

Question 10

The angle between surface and the fault

Answer 10

The dip angle (or the dip)

Question 11

Ceiling side of the fault

Answer 11

Hanging wall

Question 12

Floor side of the wall

Answer 12

Foot wall

Question 13

You can locate ____ along the stretches of fault lines

Answer 13

valuable mineral deposits

Question 14

Types of dip faults

Answer 14

Normal dip-slip and reverse dip-slip

Question 15

A combo of strike slip and dip slip

Answer 15

Oblique slip