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A continent floats on top of the mantle because the mass of the continent is equal to the mass it
Displaces
Blocks of rocks moving at faults formed this province's mountain range
The Basin and Range
strain
These are extensive areas of flat/gently rolling land
plains
This takes rocks deep into Earth where they can melt and form new rocks as part of the rock cycle
subduction
This is downward vertical motion of Earth's crust
subsidence
Continents grow as the result of these two processes
This landform would form under forces of compression
folded mountain or volcanic arcs
areas of subsidence and regions with low elevations
basins
These are deep troughs that form due to compression where two converging plates meet
trenches
This force pushes surface rocks deep down as part of the rock cycle
subduction
This is an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
fault zone
This force is associated with a mid-ocean ridge formation
tension
plateaus
Divergence is the result of this stress, and results in this geologic feature on land
tension, continental rifts
ocean trenches and volcanic arcs can form where two plates___________
converge
This forms where plates slide horizontally past each other
transform fault
This represents forces on a rock acting in opposite directions
shear
True or false? Strain causes stress
False. It's the opposite
The Basin and Range Province consists of these type of mountains
fault-block
weathering and erosion
This can form about 100 km away from where plates converge and one plate subducts under another one
volcanic arc
isostacy
Mid-Ocean ridges are formed as a result of these forces
tension
These are flat, elevated landforms that form as a result of volcanism or this
Plateaus, uplift