What causes the rock layers of mountains to form zigzag shape?(1 point)
Responses
folding of rock
folding of rock
continental plate uplift
continental plate uplift
a normal fault
a normal fault
a transform fault
A) folding of rock
Use this paragraph: Carlon is using two wooden blocks to model the movement of Earth’s plates. He pushes one block forward and the other block backward, rubbing their surfaces together.
Which Earth feature is he modeling?
(1 point)
Responses
thrust fault
thrust fault
rift valley
rift valley
normal fault
normal fault
strike-slip fault
D) strike-slip fault
Use this paragraph: Layla drew a diagram of forces acting on the rock in Earth’s crust. She drew arrows pointing inwards, representing forces pressing on the rock.
Which formation is represented by the diagram?
(1 point)
Responses
a rift valley
a rift valley
a transform fault
a transform fault
a mid-ocean rift
a mid-ocean rift
a fold mountain
A) a fold mountain
Which feature is created when a block of rock dropped down in relation to the block of rock beside it?(1 point)
Responses
normal fault produced by tension
normal fault produced by tension
thrust fault produced by compression
thrust fault produced by compression
reverse fault produced by compression
reverse fault produced by compression
transform fault produced by shear