Ch.8 Vocab

Stress resulting from squeezing

• compression

• tension

• shear

• strain

Change in the shape of rock caused by stress

• compression

• tension

• shear

• strain

Stress resulting from parallel forces acting in opposite directions

• compression

• tension

• shear

• strain

Stress that pulls something apart

• compression

• tension

• shear

• strain

Upward vertical motion of Earth's surface

• isostasy

• plastic

• subsidence

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it

• isostasy

• plastic

• subsidence

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

capable of being molded

• isostasy

• plastic

• subsidence

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Downward vertical motion on Earth's surface

• isostasy

• plastic

• subsidence

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

curved line of volcanic islands that forms parallel to a plate boundary

• fault zone

• ocean trench

• transform fault

• volcanic arc

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault

• fault zone

• ocean trench

• transform fault

• volcanic arc

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2