Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write

the chosen letter on the blank provided before the number.

1. What type of stress which leads to a normal fault?

A. compression C. shear

B. pressure D. tension

2. Which of the following diagrams is a strike-slip fault?

I. II. III.

A. I only C. III only

B. B. II only D. I and II

3. All of the following statements involves to the effects of bending of rocks along faults

EXCEPT

A. breaking of rocks

B. releasing of stored energy

C. rocks start sliding slowly past each other

D. strengthening of friction to rocks masses

4. How are faults formed?

A. Faults forms due to tensional force.

B. Fault forms when the energy is released that travels outward in all directions.

C. Fault forms when the forces that move in different directions go beyond the

elastic limit of the rock masses.

D. Fault forms when there is the sudden shaking of the ground caused by the

underground rock masses that suddenly shift in position.

5.Which of the following statements BEST explain on how faults generate earthquakes?

A. The formation of fault along the rocks that results to movement of the crust.

B. The human activity like tunnel construction that results to movement of the

crust.

C. The lessening of the effect of friction that holds the rocks together results to

immediate slipping of rocks.

D. The buildup of stress on the rocks, reaching its limit and overcoming the

friction causes the sudden release of energy.

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