Forces in Earth's Crust

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

shearing

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ tension; Divergent plate boundary:: tension; Transform plate boundary:: shearing; Convergent plate boundary:: compression

Question 3

tensioncompression✔ shearing

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ shearing

Question 4

tension✔ compressionshearing

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ compression

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

normal; reverse; strike-slip

Question 6

normal✔ reversestrike-slip

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ reverse

Question 7

normalreverse✔ strike-slip

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ strike-slip

Question 8

divergentconvergent✔ transform

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ transform

Question 9

divergent✔ convergenttransform

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ convergent

Question 10

✔ divergentconvergenttransform

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ divergent

Forces in Earth's Crust Answers