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Forces that Shape the Earth & Landforms at Plate boundaries
Forces that Shape the Earth & Landforms at Plate boundaries
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What can bring deeply buried rocks to Earth’s surface?
UPLIFT
SUBDUCTION
COMPACTION
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High mountain ranges can form on land where two plates diverge.
True
False
3
A mid-ocean ridge forms when tension acts on seafloor rocks.
True
False
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Transform faults form when compression acts on rocks.
True
False
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A squeezing force that acts from opposite sides.
TENSION
SHEAR
COMPRESSION
6
If the glaciers on Greenland grew larger, the crust under the ice would
UPLIFT
SUBDUCT
SUBSIDE
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A pulling apart force
TENTION
SHEAR
COMPRESSION
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A volcanic island arc forms when an oceanic plate is subducted.
True
False
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A transform fault is an underwater trough that forms where plates meet.
True
False
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A continental rift forms when shear acts on continental crust.
True
False
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Which formation occurs when plates move horizontally past each other?
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
OCEAN TRENCH
TRANSFORM FAULT
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Earth’s mountains float in balance on top of the mantle as the result of
STRAIN
SUBDUCTION
ISOSTASY
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What is strain?
a balance between the crust and the mantle
a change in a rock’s shape due to stress
any force acting on rocks
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A parallel forces acting in opposite direction.
COMPRESSION
TENSION
SHEAR
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Which term is a rock cycle process caused by plate motion?
EROSION
WEATHERING
SUBDUCTION
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What is subsidence?
a vertical downward movement of the crust
a vertical upward movement of the crust
a horizontal movement of the crust
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The San Andreas system is an example of a
FAULT ZONE
VOLCANIC ARC COMPLEX
FOLDED MOUNTAIN RANGE
