Unit 5 Vocab Quiz

Occurs when rock rises and melts due to reduced pressure

• Ring of Fire
• Hot spot
• Intraplate volcanism
• Decompression melting

The long belt of volcanoes that circles much of the Pacific Ocean

• Ring of Fire
• Hot spot
• Intraplate volcanism
• Decompression melting

Volcanic activity that occurs within a plate instead of on plate edges

• Ring of Fire
• Hot spot
• Intraplate volcanism
• Decompression melting

A concentration of heat in mantle capable of creating magma, which rises to the surface

• Ring of Fire
• Hot spot
• Intraplate volcanism
• Decompression melting

A type of fold formed by the upfolding, or arching, or sedimentary rock layers

• Anticline
• Syncline
• Monocline

A type of fold created by a downfold, or trough in sedimentary rock

• Anticline
• Syncline
• Monocline

A large, step-like fold in otherwise horizontal sedimentary rock layers

• Anticline
• Syncline
• Monocline

Occurs when the hanging wall block moves down relative to the footwall block

• Reverse fault
• Orogenesis
• Normal fault

Occurs when the hanging wall block moves up relative to the footwall block

• Reverse fault
• Orogenesis
• Normal fault

The collection of processes involved in mountain building

• Reverse fault
• Orogenesis
• Normal fault