Fault Quiz Review

Horseshoe- shaped belt that encircles in the Pacific Ocean where earthquake and volcanic activity are high.

The Japanese islands were formed by this type of stress.

This type of stress caused the formation of Iceland.

The type of fault in which the hanging wall is forced above the foot wall.

Who is considered the Father of Plate Tectonics?

This type of mountain formation occurs when two normal faults cut through a block of rock.

Which of the following mountian ranges formed from the India plate converging with the Eurasian plate?

Which mountains are volcanic mountains?

The Great Rift Valley in Africa was formed by this type of stress.

What type of fault is shown in the photo below?

The first section of hiking on Mt. Everest is called the...

Which of the following is the correct progression?

The material under the Earth's crust in which all plates float is called this.

What is the largest tectonic plate by area?

Which type of stress is shown in the photo below?

Which plate is made up of mostly transform boundaries?

What country is this?

When enough stress causes a fracture in the Earth's crust where one side moves relative to the other.

The Himalayan Mountains continue to grow how much each year?

Volcanic, fault block, and this, are types of mountain formation.

This many people on average die climbing Mt. Everest each year.

This rock folding is an anticline fold.

The majority of earthquakes and volcanic activity occur below plate boundaries.

The block of rock that lies below the fault line is called this.

When heated air, water, or magma rises then falls when it cools, creates this type of current.

A fold in a rock that bends the rock into a V shape.

A permit to climb Mt. Everest costs

Over 250 have died climbing Mt. Everest.

The fault lines in North Carolina are left over from plate movement millions of years ago.

Two examples of strike slip faults (choose two)

Guides that help tourists climb Mt. Everest are called...

What type of fault is shown below?

The Himalayan Mountains were formed from this type of stress.

There are this many active volcanoes worldwide.

Compression stress causes this type of fault.

Which two places would this convection current be taking place?

Tension stress causes this type of fault.

A convergent plate boundary is caused by this type of stress.

Fault lines can be millimeters to hundreds of miles in length.

The last section of hiking to the summit Mt. Everest is called this.

The photo below shows this type of plate boundary.

How many major tectonic plates are there?

It takes this long to climb to the top of Mt. Everest.

The San Andreas Fault is caused by this type of stress.

This type of stress in rock causes divergent plate boundaries.

What type of fault in the photo below?

Which of the following is the correct progression?