Earthquakes lesson 1

Forces created by plate movement are examples of

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How many types of stress can occur in the crust?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

This type of stress pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.

This type of stress pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle.

This type of stress in the crust squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.

Which type of stress happens at divergent plate boundaries?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shearing

What type of stress occurs at a convergent plate boundary?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shearing

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What type of stress occurs at a transform plate boundary?

When two plates collide, it is called a ———————plate boundary

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When two plates slide past each other, it

Is called a —————— plate boundary.