Ch. 5 Earth Science

When motion occurs along a break in rock, the break is called a fracture.

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Occurs when crustal rocks slide past each other.

A fold in which both sections remain horizontal.

Folded mountains are commonly found where continents have collided.

Occurs when crustal rocks are pulled apart.

The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust.

A break in rock where there is no rock movement on either side of the break.

Strain causes the folding and faulting of crustal rocks.

Folding of rocks is most likely to happen when rocks undergo…

Isostatic adjustments can occur as a result of the erosion of mountain ranges.

An accumulation of material deposited near shore in the ocean causes the ocean floor to...

The largest mountain systems are part of a larger system called…

The amount of force per unit area that is placed on a given material.

The balancing of the forces pressing up and down on the Earth’s crust.

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A down-curved fold in which the youngest layer is in the center.

Compression is the force that pulls rocks apart.

A break in rock along which rocks on either side of the break move.

A group of large mountain systems.

Most plateaus are found…

The rock below the fault plane.

The middle image is

Image B is

The surface of a fault along which any motion occurs.

Image A is

The rock above the fault plane.

As a volcanic mountain range is built, isostatic adjustment will cause the crust beneath it to:

A group of adjacent mountain ranges.

Anticlines generally form ridges in response to folding.

An up-curved fold in which the oldest layer is in the center of the fold.

A collision between a continental plate and an oceanic plate is most likely to produce…

A group of adjacent mountains with the same general shape and structure.

Mountains that are formed when magma erupts onto the Earth’s surface are dome mountains.

When rock responds to stress by becoming permanently deformed without breaking.

The major cause of crustal deformation is the movement of the Earth’s lithospheric plates.

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When land is covered by a glacier, the crust beneath it will sink lower into the mantle.

High pressure and high temperature will cause rocks to…

A nearly vertical fault where each side moves horizontally.

The up and down movement of the crust to reach isostasy.

A change in the shape or volume of rocks that results from stress.

When no movement occurs along the sides of a break in a rock structure, the break is called a…

Structures that form where parts of the Earth’s crust have been broken by faults are called…

Plate collisions occur along converging plate boundaries.

Occurs when crustal rocks are squeezed together.