Lab: Plate Boundaries and Movement Answers

Where does shearing often occur?

Which forms as a result of compressional stress?

What type of stress occurs when one plate pushes against another?

Which feature is most likely found at a divergent boundary?

What type of stress occurs when a rock mass is pushed in parallel and opposite directions?

In which type of fault is the hanging wall above the footwall?

A scientist observes rock masses that have moved past each other in opposite horizontal directions. Which feature does the scientist observe?

A scientist observes a fault where the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Which type of fault is the scientist observing?

The image shows a type of stress.

The image shows a type of fault.