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chapter 8 L1-L4
Question | Answer |
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The equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it. | Isostasy |
The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface | Subsidence |
The upward motion of Earth's surface | Uplift |
Squeezing stress | Compression |
Stress that pulls something apart | Tension |
Parallel forces acting in opposite directions | Shear |
A change in the shape of rock caused by stress | Strain |
Are deep, underwater troughs created by an oceanic plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary | Ocean Trench |
A curved line of volcanoes that form parallel to a plate boundary | Volcanic Arc |
Where block of crust slide horizontally past each other | Transform Fault |
An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault | Fault Zone |
are made of layers of rocks that are folded | Folded Mountain |
are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along the faults | Fault-block Mountain |
An extensive area of level or rolling land | Plains |
Areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation | Basin |
Flat regions with high elevations. | Plateau |
When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation. | Uplifted Mountain |