What the Fold?
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THIS TYPE OF STRESS CAUSES ROCK LAYERS TO FOLD
WHAT IS COMPRESSIONAL STRESS
100
THIS TYPE OF FAULT HAS SECTIONS OF ROCK SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER HORIZONTALLY
WHAT IS A STRIKE-SLIP FAULT?
100
THIS STRESS CAUSES REVERSE FAULTS AND FOLDED MOUNTAINS LIKE THE HIMALAYAS
WHAT IS COMPRESSIONAL STRESS?
100
STEEP, CONE-SHAPED MOUNTAINS THAT ARE EXPLOSIVE, LIKE MT FUJI
WHAT ARE STRATOVOLCANOES?
100
THIS ATTRACTIVE FORCE PULLS DOWN THE HANGING WALL AND IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A NORMAL FAULT
WHAT IS GRAVITY?
200
THIS TYPE OF FOLD LOOKS LIKE AN ARCH
WHAT IS AN ANTICLINE?
200
THE HANGING WALL DROPS DOWN ON THIS TYPE OF FAULT
WHAT IS A NORMAL FAULT?
200
NORMAL FAULTS ARE CREATED BY THIS TYPE OF STRESS
WHAT IS TENTIONAL?
200
MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS ON EARTH ARE THIS TYPE. LIKE THE HIMALAYAS AND THE APPALACHIANS.
WHAT ARE FOLDED MOUNTAINS?
200
THIS GERMAN TERM MEANS RIDGES AND VALLEYS
WHAT IS HORST AND GRABEN?
300
THIS TYPE OF FOLD CAUSES THE ROCK LAYERS TO "SINK" DOWN
WHAT IS A SYNCLINE?
300
THE HANGING WALL IS "THRUST" UPWARD ON THIS FAULT
WHAT IS A REVERSE FAULT?
300
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT WAS CREATED DUE TO THIS TYPE OF STRESS
WHAT IS SHEAR STRESS?
300
THESE MOUNTAINS HAVE HIGH, ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS CREATED BY TENSIONAL STRESS. SKIERS LOVE THE TETONS.
WHAT ARE FAULT-BLOCK MOUNTAINS?
300
RELATED TO CLIMBING, WORKING YOUR WAY DOWN A ROPE OFF OF A HANGING WALL IS CALLED THIS SPORT
WHAT IS RAPPELLING?
400
FOLD THAT HAD A DIPPING BEND IN THE HORIZONTAL LAYER
WHAT IS A MONOCLINE?
400
THE SECTION OF THE FAULT BLOCK THAT WE USE TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF FAULT
WHAT IS THE HANGING WALL?
400
THIS STRESS PULLS ROCK LAYERS APART AND CAN CREATE RIFT VALLEYS LIKE DJIBOUTI
WHAT IS TENTIONAL STRESS?
400
THIS TYPE OF VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN HAS A LOW PROFILE AND HAS LAVA THAT FLOWS. MAUNA LOA IN HAWAII . ALOHA
WHAT IS A SHIELD VOLCANO?
400
THIS IS THE LARGEST VOLCANO IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, 20,000 FEET TALLER THAN MT EVEREST
WHAT IS OLYMPUS MONS?
500
THE PROCESS BY WHICH A ROCK'S SHAPE IS CHANGED BY BENDING OR BREAKING
WHAT IS DEFORMATION
500
THE SURFACE ALONG WHICH ROCKS BREAK AND SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER
WHAT IS A FAULT?
500
THE APPLIED FORCE ON ROCK LAYERS
WHAT IS STRESS?
500
THIS PLANET HAS THE LARGEST VOLCANO IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WHAT IS MARS?
500
BEFORE ROCK IS FOLDED OR FAULTED THEY ALL START OUT IN THIS POSITION
WHAT IS HORIZONTAL?