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Miscellaneous Vocabulary
Types of Stress
Folds and Faults
Types of Mountains and Landforms
Mountains and Plates
100
The collection of processes involved in mountain building is known as this term
What is orogenesis
100
A change in the original shape and/or size of a rock body is called this.
What is deformation.
100
This is a type of fold that 'sinks' downward.
What is a syncline.
100
These mountains are created at divergent plate boundaries and are "blocky".
What are fault-block mountains.
100
This type of mountain is formed by the convergence of 2 plate edges of oceanic lithosphere...
What is a volcanic mountain.
200
This is the side of a fault you could walk up.
What is a footwall.
200
One of the 2 "s" words that involve the deformation of rock.
What is stress or strain.
200
This is type of fault where the hanging wall moves DOWN in relation to the footwall.
What is a normal fault.
200
Compressional stress forms this type of mountain.
What is a folded mountain.
200
Folded and volcanic mountains are formed when this type of plate convergence happens.
What is oceanic-continental.
300
The concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance is called this.
What is isostasy.
300
The type of stress that involves pulling or stretching.
What is tensional stress.
300
This is a type of fold that 'arches' upward.
What is an anticline.
300
When rock is upwarped and produces a circular structure, this is what it's called. (Hint: think DL's head!)
What is a dome.
300
Some volcanic mountains can form far away from plate edges at places called ___.
What is a hot spot.
400
This is a reverse fault with dips of less than 45 degrees.
What is a thrust fault.
400
The type of stress that involves squeezing is called this.
What is compressional stress.
400
This is a type of fault where the hanging wall moves UP in relation to the footwall.
What is a reverse fault.
400
This type of plate boundary forms mountains along ocean ridges.
What is a divergent boundary.
500
This is a large, step-like fold in horizontal sedimentary strata.
What is a monocline.
500
Factors that affect the deformation of rock include temperature, pressure, rock type, and this.
What is time.
500
The San Andreas is this type of fault.
What is a strike-slip fault.
500
Downwarped rock structures that have a circular shape are called this
What is a basin
500
The process that makes continental landmasses larger and forms mountains along the edges of continents is known as this.
What is accretion.