Name(s) ______Date ______Class ______

Background Information:

What is a fault? ______

What type of fault would you expect to find in the Himalaya Mountains? ______

What kind of faults would you expect to find along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? ______

What kind of fault is the San Andreas Fault? ______

Name of Fault / Type of Plate Boundary
Associated with the Fault
(Transform, Convergent, Divergent) / Type of Stress
Associated with the Fault
(Tension, Compression, ,Shearing)
Normal Fault
Reverse (Thrust)
Strike-Slip

Experiment 1:

1.  Use the “mini model” of faults to complete this activity.

2.  Place the model flat on the table and each piece next to the other one. Make sure the “land” is on top.

3.  Locate points A and B on your model.

4.  Move point B so that it is next to Point A.

5.  Observe the cross section of your model (side view)

6.  Draw the model in the square provided.

7.  Which way did point B move relative to point A? ______

8.  What happened to rock layers X, Y, and Z? ______

9.  What will more than likely happen to the river? The road? The railroad tracks?

______

10.  What type of fault did you create? ______

11.  Is this type of fault caused by tension, compression, or shearing? ______

Experiment 2:

1.  Locate points C and D on your model.

2.  Move point C next to Point D.

3.  Observe the cross-section of your model (side view).

4.  Draw the model in the square provided.

5.  Which way did point C move relative to point D? ______

6.  What happened to rock layers X, Y, and Z? ______

7.  Are the rock layers still continuous (uninterrupted)? ______

8.  What will more than likely happen to the river? The road? The railroad tracks?

______

9.  What type of fault did you create? ______

10.  Is this type of fault caused by tension, compression, or shearing? _____

Experiment 3:

1.  Locate points F and G on your model.

2.  Move point F next to Point G

3.  Observe the top of your model.

4.  Draw the model in the square provided.

5.  If you were standing at point F and looking across the fault, which way did the block on the opposite side move? ______

6.  What happened to rock layers X, Y, and Z? ______

7.  What will more than likely happen to the river? The road? The railroad tracks?

______

8.  Is this type of fault caused by tension, compression, or shearing? ______

9.  What type of fault did you create? ______