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Earth Science Review 6.1
Test Description: Forces in the Earth's Crust
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) ___________ is a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
A
gravity
B
pressure
C
fault
D
stress
2) Which of the following is false?
A
tension stretches rock
B
shearing can cause rock to slip past each other
C
compression pushes rock together
D
none of the choices
3) Which land feature(s) is/are the result of tension
A
rift valley
B
earthquake
C
mountain
D
2 of the choices
4) __________ occurs along a ___________ plate boundary
A
mountain; transform
B
shearing; convergent
C
shearing; transform
D
mountain; divergent
5) _________ are breaks in rocks occurring along plate boundaries
A
boundaries
B
faults
C
stress
D
plates
6) In which type of fault does the hanging wall move up?
A
Mrs. Knoll's fault
B
reverse fault
C
strike-slip fault
D
normal fault
7) Which of the following is incorrect?
A
uplifting forms plateaus
B
folding forms folded mountains
C
folding forms valleys
D
uplifting forms fault-block mountains
8) What land feature occurs when 2 normal faults cut through a block of rock
A
plateaus
B
folded mountains
C
fault-block mountains
D
valleys
9) _________ are folds in the rock that bend upward while __________ are folds in the rock that bend downward
A
synclines; anticlines
B
auclines; suclines
C
suclines; auclines
D
anticlines; synclines
10) What piece of rock is above a fault?
A
low wall
B
tall wall
C
footwall
D
hanging wall
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