How does igneous rock form?

When magma cools and solidifies.

The upward vertical motion of Earth's surface.

What causes mountains and valleys to form?

Plate tectonics: when plates collide move away or slide past

What is plastic strain?

Creates a permanent change in the shape of rock

The equilibrium between the continental crust and mantle.

Stress that pulls something apart

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1
What direction of forces does subsidence have?
Downward horizontal
downward vertical
upward vertical
left horizontal
2
What is shear?
When you are shaving the wool off a sheep's coat
Squeezing stress
Perpendicular forces acting in opposite directions
Parallel forces acting in opposite directions
3
Strain is a change in the shape of rock caused by stress.
false
true
4
Which type of strain creates a NON-permanent change in rock?
Elastic
Plastic
Tension
Shear
5
What is subsidence?
The upward diagonal force of Earth's crust.
The upward vertical motion of Earth's surface.
The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface.
The downward horizontal motion of Earth's crust.
6
What is compression?
Squeezing stress
The force of pushing and pulling gravity
Stress that pulls something apart
7
How does igneous rock form?
rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
When magma cools and solidifies.
it forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
8
sedimentary rock is a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment.
true
True
false
false
9
What is uplift?
The upward horizontal motion of Earth's surface.
The upward vertical motion of Earth's surface.
The upward diagonal motion of Earth's surface.
The consistent rise and fall of the planet Earth.
10
What causes mountains and valleys to form?
rock that has been changed by heat
this is the wrong answer.
magma that cools
Plate tectonics: when plates collide move away or slide past
11
What is plastic strain?
A change in the shape of rock caused by stress
Creates a non-permanent change in rock
Creates a permanent change in the shape of rock
Parallel forces acting in opposite directions
12
What is isostasy?
The equilibrium inside the earth's core.
The equilibrium between the continental crust and mantle.
The equilibrium between the core and the ocean.
The liquid sea that makes mountains move.
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What is tension?
Squeezing stress
Tension is stress in a person's life
Stress that pulls something apart
Glacier motion

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