Collisions
Boundaries
Stress & Such
Faults
Layers of the Earth
100
When two tectonic plates push into each other
What is convergent
100
The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
What is a fault
200
When a tectonic plate with continental crust crashes into a plate with oceanic crust, and the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate
What is continental/oceanic
200
Type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
What is compression
200
"Weak sphere" Soft layer of the mantle which pieces of lithosphere move
What is asthenosphere
300
When two oceanic plates collide and one plate slides under the other
What is oceanic/oceanic
300
When two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
What is transform
300
Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
What is tension
300
Causes the hanging wall to move down relative to the footwall
What is normal fault
300
Strong lower part of the mantle
What is mesosphere
400
Region where oceanic plates sink into in the asthenosphere
What is subduction zone
400
Boundaries are divided into _____ main types.
What is three
400
Occurs when rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust
What is folding
400
Causes hanging wall to move up relative to the footwall
What is reverse fault
500
All collisions are _______ boundaries
What is convergent
500
What happens at a convergent boundary depends on what kind of ______
What is crust
500
When rock changes due to its stress the reaction is called
What is deformation
500
Occur when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally
What is strike-slip fault
500
Solid dense center of the core
What is inner core
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