Faults
a crack or break in the lithosphere plate.
Fault
the force that causes faults.
stress
this land form is created when compression pushed two continental crust plates together.
Mountains.
this type of plate boundary is caused by two plates being pushed together.
convergent
a fault in which the hanging wall rises above the foot wall
Reverse fault
the force that pulls apart plats and causes normal faults.
tension
rift valley.
this plate boundary is caused by tension pulling apart the plates.
divergent boundary
a fault in which there is no surface rupture.
a blind thrust fault
the stress that pushes together and creates reverse faults.
this land form is created when shearing stress drags two plates.
earthquake or fault line.
this boundary is created when shearing stress pulls the plates against each other.
transform
a fault in which the foot wall goes above the hanging wall.
normal fault.
convection currents.
this land form is created when two oceanic plates are pushed together or when an oceanic plate is pushed to a continental plate.
volcano arc or deep ocean trench
a fault in which there is no hanging wall or foot wall and the two plates slide against each other.
Strike slip fault.
the stress that causes plates to rub against each other and creates strike slip faults.
shearing stress.
this land form is created when two reverse faults happen against each other.
plateau.