Question

When slabs of rock are moved apart

because of tension it leads to which
of these?
A. an anticline, where the rock will fold upward.
B. a reverse fault, where the hanging wall will slide
upward.
C. a normal fault, where the hanging wall will slide
downward.
D. a strike-slip fault, where the hanging wall will
move horizontally.

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

When tensional stresses pull crust apart, it breaks into blocks that slide up and drop down along normal faults. The result is alternating mountains and valleys, known as a basin-and-range.