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| What type of mountains are the Ring of Fire? |
volcanic mountains |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:53:16 GMT |
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| What type of mountains are the Tetons? |
fault-block mountains |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:53:16 GMT |
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| What type of mountains are the Appalachians? |
folded mountains |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:53:16 GMT |
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| The kind of mountain that is formed when magma rises to the surface and erupts is called ____________. |
volcanic mountain |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:53:16 GMT |
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| What do scientists use to measure how quickly tectonic plates move? |
global positioning system (GPS) |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:48:03 GMT |
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| The type of mountain that occurs when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward. |
folded mountains |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:45:37 GMT |
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| ______________ provides evidence of sea-floor spreading. |
magnetic reversals |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:45:37 GMT |
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| The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust is called _______. |
folding |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:45:37 GMT |
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| ____________ is stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object. |
tension |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:45:37 GMT |
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| The hypothesis that continents can drift apart and have done so in the past is called ______________. |
continental drift |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:42:11 GMT |
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| ____________ is the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move. |
asthenosphere |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:42:11 GMT |
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| The type of tectonic boundary that forms from a collision between two tectonic plates is called _____________. |
convergent boundary |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:42:11 GMT |
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| The strong lower level of the mantle is called the ____________. |
mesosphere |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:42:11 GMT |
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| Do mid-ocean ridges occur at convergent or divergent boundaries? |
divergent boundaries |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:37:22 GMT |
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| A convergent boundary where old ocean crust gets pushed into the asthenosphere, where it is melted and recycled , is called ____________. |
subduction zone |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:37:22 GMT |
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| The San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of fault. |
strike-slip fault |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:37:22 GMT |
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| Rocks on either side of the fault boundary move past each other without much up or down movement. |
strike-slip |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:37:22 GMT |
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| Rocks above the fault surface are force downward in relation to rocks below the fault surface. |
normal |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:36 GMT |
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| Rocks above the fault surface are forced up and over rocks below the fault surface. |
reverse fault |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:36 GMT |
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| This kind of fault occurs at divergent boundaries. |
normal fault |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:36 GMT |
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| This kind of fault occurs at convergent boundaries. |
reverse fault |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:36 GMT |
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| This kind of fault occurs at transform boundaries. |
strike-slip |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:27:26 GMT |
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| Type of fault that occurs when shearing forces pushes rocks from different, but not opposite, directions. |
strike-slip fault |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:27:26 GMT |
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| Type of fault that occurs where compression pushes rocks in. |
reverse |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:27:26 GMT |
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| Type of fault that occurs where tension pulls rocks apart. |
Normal |
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angela Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:27:26 GMT |
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