Boundaries
The name of the plate boundary caused by shearing forces.
What is transform?
The pushing or pulling of slabs that lead to faults
What is stress/force?
The definition of a fault
What is a break/fracture in Earth's crust?
The number of MAIN types of plate boundaries.
What is three?
The three types of stress.
What is compression, tension, and shearing?
The fault where one slab wall slides down another slab wall
What is normal fault?
The names of MAIN types of plate boundaries.
What is transform, convergent (colliding and subducting) and divergent?
What compression stress can lead to
What is reverse fault/folded mountains?
The fault that is caused by tension.
What is a normal fault?
The boundary where subduction occurs
What is convergent boundary?
The type of stress that results in fault block mountains
What is tension?
The two main pieces in a fault.
What is hanging wall and foot wall?
The boundary where sea-floor spreading is occurring.
What is divergent boundary?
The force that causes side-slipping motion between slabs.
What is shearing?
The type of fault that occurs at a convergent boundary.
What is a reverse fault?