Ch 6 Vocabulary words

Question 1

Type of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

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compression

Question 2

What is a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward: caused by tension in the crust.

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normal fault

Question 3

Plate Boundaries where two plates move away from each other.

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Divergent Boundary

Question 4

Something made of a mixture of different parts or elements

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composition

Question 5

This type of plate boundary is where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.

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transform

Question 6

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward.

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reverse

Question 7

The supercontinent that scientists believe once existed was called...

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Pangea

Question 8

Boundaries where two plates move toward each other:

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Convergent Boundaries

Question 9

Stress that stretches or pulls rock apart.

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tension

Question 10

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, In a sideways movement

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Shearing

Question 11

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

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Sea Floor Spreading

Question 12

A type of fault in which rocks on either side slide past each other.

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strike-slip

Question 13

An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean.

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ocean trench

Question 14

An idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigations is called...

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hypothesis

Question 15

What are the Long chains of undersea mountains 🏔 ⛰ called where new ocean floor is produced

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Mid ocean ridge

Question 16

During this process oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle

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Subduction

Question 17

a force that can act on rock to change its shape or volume

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stress

Questions 17