Mountain Formation and Examples

Front

What type of stress is this? Options: compression, shearing, tension

Back

tension

Front

What type of stress is this? Options: compression, shearing, tension

Back

compression

Front

What type of stress causes these folds? Options: compression, shearing, tension

Back

compression

Front

Back

reverse fault

Front

Back

normal fault

Front

Back

reverse fault

Front

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.

Back

normal fault

Front

Folded mountains form ___.

Back

when plates collide

Front

How does a reverse fault form?

Back

The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.

Front

Which of these are types of mountains? rolling, glacial, subterranean, cascades, rocky, green, smoky, white, fault-block, dome, volcanic, folded, salt-block, dome, magnum, frozen

Back

fault-block, dome, volcanic, folded