Vocab
Faults
Stress
Mountains
Random
100
When rocks change shape and size.
Deformation
100
These faults move towards one another. One fault block rises above the other fault block.
Reverse Fault
100
This stress results in rock being squeezed together.
Compression
100
This type of mountain is eruptive.
Volcanic
100
What are the three compositional layers of Earth.
Crust, Mantle, Core
200
When rock layers bend under stress.
Folding
200
This fault forms when rocks break and move past one another horizontally.
Strike Slip Fault
200
This stress results in rocks passing by one another horizontally.
Shear Stress
200
This type of mountain contains many anticlines and synclines.
Folded.
200
What is the process of sediment being transported from one place to another.
Erosion
300
When rocks break due to stress and pass by one another, they form...
Faults
300
This fault forms when fault blocks pull apart.
Normal Fault
300
This type of stress occurs when rocks are pulled apart.
Tension
300
This type of mountain contains many normal faults.
Fault Block
300
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
400
What are the two types of folds? Draw each
Syncline Anticline
400
Which fault would result in an earthquake?
Strike Slip
400
Give an example of tension.
Check Answers
400
The Appalachian Mountains formed when the North American Plate collided with the African plate years ago. What type of mountain would this be?
Folded
400
This process is what allows rock to move in the mantle.
Convection
500
What zone do volcanoes form in?
Subduction Zone
500
What are the three main parts of a fault called?
hanging wall, fault plane, footwall
500
Can tension, compression, and shear stress all occur at the same time? Why/why not?
No
500
Describe how a fault-block mountain forms.
Normal faults pull apart and pieces of land begin to drop.
500
What is the chemical that is found in lava that can make it faster or slower?
Silica
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