Question

Shear causes horizontal movement along a fault plane in a/n _______ fault. A. reverse

Answer 1

THE ANSWER IS B. STRIKE-SLIP

Answer 2

The answer is B. Strike slip fault. Shearing occurs when plates or blocks of rocks slide past each other in the opposite direction. This occurs at transform plate margins. An example is the San Andreas Fault running through California, USA. Compression occurs at reverse faults and tension at normal faults.