STUDENT EXPLORATION EARTHQUAKES 1 RECORDING STATION AND STUDENT EXPLORATION 2026 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

STUDENT EXPLORATION EARTHQUAKES 1
RECORDING STATION AND STUDENT
EXPLORATION 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+


◉ Fault blocks. Answer: Sections of the ground that (are pushed
and) moved in different directions.


◉ Footwall. Answer: What is the name of block on the left?


◉ Hanging wall. Answer: What is the name of block on the right?


◉ Compression, tension, and shear. Answer: What are the three
types of forces/stresses that make Faults?


◉ Reverse Fault. Answer: Hanging wall moves up in relation to
footwall.


◉ Compressional. Answer: Reverse faults have what type of stress?

, ◉ Normal and reverse faults. Answer: In which faults do blocks
move up and down, creating a hanging wall and a foot wall.


◉ Normal Fault. Answer: Hanging wall moves downward relative to
the footwall.


◉ Tensional. Answer: Normal Faults have what type of stress?


◉ Strike-slip fault. Answer: A fault along which the movement is
horizontal and parallel to the trend of the fault.


◉ Shear. Answer: Strike-slip faults have what type of stress?


◉ Hanging. Answer: In a Normal fault, the ____ wall moves down


◉ San Andreas Fault. Answer: Example of a transform/shear/strike-
slip fault in california


◉ Convergent. Answer: Compressional stress occurs at ________
boundaries


◉ Divergent. Answer: Tensional stress occurs at ____________
boundaries