forces acting on the rocks are called ................?
stresses
100
what causes fracturing to occur?
tension or shear stress
100
what is mr. whites password?
cat
100
who is one of the bunch of legends
Pèle
200
what is shear
pushing rocks in different horizontal direction
200
much of the earths crust has been ....?
folded at one time of another
200
what is a fault plane
fracture line of a fault
200
what are two types of mountains
alps himalayas
300
syncline what is that???????
fold producing a downward bulge.
300
what are three faults
reverse fault, normal fault, lateral fault
300
what is adaptation
when your body changes to the oxygen level in the air
300
soccer has two names what are they?
futball, soccer.
400
what is deformation
it is the change in the shape or structure of the earths crust
400
when does a fracture become a fault
when both sides of the fracture move in relation to each other
400
what is isostasy
It is when a mountain erodes causing the downward force to get smaller, so theN the upward force can then push the mountain back up. It is like pushing something into water and then letting go some and it pushes back.
500
Ductile? What the heck is that
rock changes shape with out breaking
500
draw a picture of a monocline fold.
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what is the main principle earth scientist follow when studying faults
the fault is younger than the rock it passes
500
descride two types of plateaus.
Most common, formed next to a mountain range by the same forces that produce mountains. Produced by a flood of molten rock pouring through cracks or fractures in the earths surface, basalt plateau