Plate Tectonics Answers

Use the drop-down menus to correctly identify the type of stress associated with each type of plate boundary. Divergent plate boundary: Transform plate boundary: Convergent plate boundary:

tensioncompression✔ shearing

tension✔ compressionshearing

What type of stress is most likely to occur at this boundary?

What type of fault has the geologist found?

What type of fault occurs when plates move past each other in opposite directions?

Which statements describe reverse faults? Check all that apply.The hanging wall moves up.The hanging wall moves down.The fault is at an angle.The fault is caused by compression.The fault is caused by tension.The plates are colliding.The plates are moving away from each other.

Use the drop-down menus to correctly identify the type of fault in each diagram.

normal✔ reversestrike-slip

normalreverse✔ strike-slip

A geologist sees this folded rock when studying in the field. He is drawn to the sample that is labeled A. He determines this formation was caused by compression.What type of landform did he find at label A?

From what type of land feature is the geologist making her observations?

divergentconvergent✔ transform

divergent✔ convergenttransform

✔ divergentconvergenttransform

divergent✔ convergenttransform