Forces in Earth's Crust

The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is...

• tension
• shearing

The street force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is...

• shearing
• compression

Compression causes the formation of ...

• only anticlines
• only synclines
• both anticlines and synclines

A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a...

• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is a(n) _____________.

• anticline
• syncline

Tension can cause the formation of fault-block mountains or ____________.

• Valleys
• Plateaus

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is a(n) ___________.

• valley
• plateau

When two plates move away from each other __________ faults are created.

• normal
• reverse

The collision of two plates causes the formation of ___________ mountains.

• folded
• anticlines

Stress is a(n) ___________ that acts on rock to change it's shape or volume.

• force
• stress