Forces in Earth's Crust ch. 7.1 Quiz 19-20

Stress is a _________ that acts on rock to change its shape or volume                                               

• tension
• shearing
• compression
• force

The collision of two plates causes the formation of this type of mountain                                     

• fault-block
• folded
• plateau
• tall

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When two plates move away from each other this type of fault is created                                           

• anticline
• syncline
• normal
• reverse

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 this is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level  

• plateau
• rift valley
• fault block mountain
• folded mountain

Tension can cause the formation of fault-block mountains or ?

• mountain peaks
• plateaus
• valleys
• anticlines

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A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is an 

• uplifting
• normal fault
• anticline
• syncline

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

• shearing
• tension
• compression
• anticline

The stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks 

• shearing
• compression
• tension
• uplifting

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

• strike-slip fault
• normal fault
• hanging fault
• reverse fault

compression causes the formation of

• only anticlines
• only synclines
• both anticlines and synclines
• neither anticlines or synclines

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