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Deformation of the Crust - ES Chapter 5 Review
Deformation of the Crust - ES Chapter 5 Review
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Review for 9th grade earth science.
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1
Most plateaus are found ___.
near divergent boundaries
below grabens
near folded mountains
bordering oceans
2
This type of stress pulls rocks apart and makes them thinner.
shearing
compression
fracture
tension
3
What causes reverse faults?
shearing
compression
folding
tension
4
Folding of rocks happens when the rocks undergo __.
compression
tension
shearing
cooling
5
Collision between a continental plate and and oceanic plate could produce ___.
volcanic islands
hot spots
volcanic mountains
dome mountains
6
What type of force is acting on the rocks in this diagram?
strain
compression
tension
shearing
7
The diagram below could have formed the ___.
Adirondacks
Cascade Mountains
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Himalayas
8
Which form along convergent boundaries?
grabens
ocean basins
mountains
normal faults
9
Oceanic - Oceanic collisions formed ___.
Mariana Islands
Alps
Hawaiian Islands
Cascades
10
This type of stress reduces the volume of rocks.
shearing
fracture
compression
tension
11
The rock below the fault plane is the ___.
foot wall
hanging wall
fracture
fault
12
In this diagram the hanging wall in on the ___.
Left
Right
13
The type of stress that pushes rocks horizontally.
compression
normal
tension
shearing
14
A group of adjacent mountain ranges makes us a mountain ___.
belt
system
ridge
boundary
15
Balanced forces on the crust pushing down and up are called ___.
strain
isostacy
tectonics
convergence
16
Up and down motion of the crust is called ___.
compression
strain
isostatic adjustment
thrust fault
17
A thrust fault is a special type of ___.
hanging wall
footwall
normal fault
reverse fault
18
Strike slip faults occur along ___.
mid ocean ridges
below the fault
at transform boundaries
in the asthenosphere.
19
A change in the shape or volume of crustal rock due to stress is called ___.
isostacy
shearing
strain
folding
20
The largest groups of mountains on the earth are called ___.
ranges
belts
systems
ridges
21
Type of mountains in which faulting causes large blocks of the earth's crust to drop down.
folded
dome
volcanic
fault block
22
Major cause of deformation of the crust is ___.
divergent boundaries
plate tectonics
hot spots
magma formation
23
If material is added to a plate (sediment on ocean floor) the crust will ____.
sink
erupt
rise
fracture
24
What type of fault is shown here?
reverse
normal
transform
strike slip
25
Permanent deformation of rock without the rock breaking is called ___.
fracturing
faulting
folding
collision