The equilibrium between the continental crust and mantle.

The downward vertical motion of the Earth's surface.

Plates that cause a fracture in a landform.

A process that slowly change rocks from one kind to another

What is the difference between plastic and elastic deformation?

Plastic deformation is permanent but elastic is not

Which of these describes a rift valley?

A place where tectonic plates pull apart the land

The upward vertical motion of the earth's surface.

found in all of Earth's oceans.

What does compression do?

It squeezes or shortens material

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1
What is isostasy?
The equilibrium between the core and the ocean.
The liquid sea that makes mountains move.
The equilibrium inside the earth's core.
The equilibrium between the continental crust and mantle.
2
A transform fault is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
False
True
3
Subsidence
The upward vertical motion of the earth's surface.
A change in the shape of the rock cause by stress.
The downward vertical motion of the Earth's surface.
Stress that pulls something apart.
4
A mid ocean ridge and continual drift are landforms created by ____________.
tension
shearing
compression
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5
Continents rise and fall in the mantle to maintain the balance of
compression
tension
uplift
isostasy
6
What is this type of stress?
tension
compression
shearing
7
Where does compression often occur?
at a divergent boundary
along a strike-slip fault
along a normal fault
at a convergent boundary
8
What are faults?
Plates that move away from each other.
Plates that cause a fracture in a landform.
The flaws in a person.
Plates that are always parallel to each other.
9
Define: Rock Cycle
A process that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
A process that quickly change rocks from one kind to another
Happens to only chemical rocks
Only happens to igneous rocks
10
What is the difference between plastic and elastic deformation?
Elastic deformation is permanent but plastic is not
Plastic deformation is permanent but elastic is not
There is no difference between them
Plastic deformation is for plastic materials but elastic deformation is for
11
In mountainous regions, the continental crust is ____.
thinner than average
the same thickness as in other areas
thicker than average
sometimes thinner and sometimes thicker than average
12
What type of boundary creates volcanic arcs?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Oceanic
13
Which of these describes a rift valley?
A place where tectonic plates pull apart the land
Land that is great for farming
Sediment that makes soil fertile
A location that is overfarmed
14
At what type of boundary is tension stress being created as plates pull apart?
Subduction
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
15
The deformation of materials in response to stress
Muddle
Strain
Stress
Focus
16
How many landforms are created by compression?
1
2
3
4
17
Uplift
The downward vertical motion of the earth's surface.
*Actual Correct Answer*
Paralell forces acting in the opposite direction.
The upward vertical motion of the earth's surface.
18
What is the name of the transform fault in California?
San Diego
San Andreas Fault
Sliding
San Marco
19
subduction zones are examples of _____.
divergent plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
thrust faulting
transform plate boundaries
20
Forces that pull an object apart
Compression
Shear
Tension
Torsion
21
Mid-ocean ridges are
long deep-ocean trenches.
found only in the Pacific Ocean.
located mostly along coastlines.
found in all of Earth's oceans.
22
What type of stress is involved with a transform boundary?
shearing
strike slip
compression
tension
23
Plate tectonics don't effect the rock cycle.
True
False
24
There are only too types of stress.
True
False
25
What does compression do?
It streches material
It squeezes or shortens material
It twists material
It pulls down materials
26
Tension, compression, & shearing are known as ______.
types of mountain ranges
types of stress
types of ocean trenches
types of strains
27
If a mountain erodes, how will the crust react to maintain isostasy
It won’t move
I don’t know
It will move down
It will move up
28
What is this type of stress?
tension
compression
shearing
29
What is this type of stress?
tension
shearing
compression
30
What direction of forces does subsidence have?
downward vertical
Downward horizontal
left horizontal
upward vertical

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