Mountain Building Quiz
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- 1.Which of these answers best describes compression caused by tectonic plate movement?
- A.
Stress that slides rocks
- B.
Stress that squeezes rocks
- C.
Stress that stretches rocks
- D.
Stress that pulls rock apart
- 2.Which of the following can form as a result of tension by tectonic plate movement?
- A.
A syncline
- B.
An anticline
- C.
A folded mountain
- D.
A fault block mountain
- 3.The figure below shows three kinds of faults: normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. What happens when stress causes a strike-slip fault?
- A.
The footwall moves up.
- B.
The hanging wall move up.
- C.
The hanging wall drops down.
- D.
The walls slide past each other.
- 4.How are folded mountains formed?
- A.
By tension
- B.
By shear stress
- C.
By compression
- D.
By volcanic activity
- 5.How are volcanic mountains formed?
- A.
By tension
- B.
By eruption
- C.
By shear stress
- D.
By compression
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