DRA QUIZ deforming

Question 1

what is the amount of force placed on a given material called?

Answer 1

stress

Question 2

the process by which the shape of a rock changes because of stress

Answer 2

deformation

Question 3

when stress squeezes an object it is called

Answer 3

compression

Question 4

when stress stretches and object it is called

Answer 4

tension

Question 5

what can form when compression squeezes rocks at a convergent place boundary

Answer 5

large mountain ranges

Question 6

what type of stress occurs at a divergent plate boundary

Answer 6

tension

Question 7

the bending of rock layers due to stress

Answer 7

folding

Question 8

a fold where both ends of the rock layers are horzontal

Answer 8

monocline

Question 9

a downward, trough like fold in a rock layer

Answer 9

syncline

Question 10

an upward arching fold in a rock layer

Answer 10

anticline

Question 11

when rock layers break, the resulting surface they break and slide on is a

Answer 11

fault

Question 12

when tension pulls rocks apart it creates a

Answer 12

normal fault

Question 13

when compression pushes rock together it creates a

Answer 13

reverse fault

Question 14

when opposing forces cause rocks to break and move horizontally, they create a

Answer 14

strike-slip fault

Question 15

when a fault is not vertical a hanging wall and

Answer 15

footwall’s are formed

Question 16

the hanging wall moves down relates to the foot wall in a

Answer 16

normal fault

Question 17

the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall in a

Answer 17

reverse fault

Question 18

when tectonic plates collide, folds and faults become

Answer 18

moutnain ranges

Question 19

what kind of mountain range is formed when rock layers are squeezed and forced upward

Answer 19

folded mountains

Question 20

what kinds of mountain range is formed when tension causes large blocks of crust to drop down

Answer 20

fault block mountains

Question 21

what kind of mountain is formed when magma rises to the surface and erupts

Answer 21

volcanic mountains

Question 22

Appalachian Mountains

Answer 22

folded mountains

Question 23

Tetons

Answer 23

fault block mountains

Question 24

Ring of Fire

Answer 24

volcanic mountains

Question 25

The rising of Earth’s crust to higher elevations is called

Answer 25

uplift

Question 26

the sinking of regions of the Earths crust to lower elevations is called

Answer 26

subsidence

Question 27

when the Earth’s crust slowly springs back to its original elevation it is called

Answer 27

rebound

Question 28

what happens to the ocean floor the farther the oceanic lithosphere is from a mid ocean ridge

Answer 28

the cooler and denser the lithosphere becomes because the oceanic lithosphere now takes up less volume the ocean floor subsides

Question 29

a set of cracks that form when two tectonic plates are pulling away from each other is known as

Answer 29

rift zone