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Stress that pulls a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called
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strike-slip
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deformation
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In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the
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hanging wall
anticline
foot wall
syncline
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Stress that pulls a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called
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In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the
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What type of mountains are formed when rock layers are squeezed together?
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What happens at a convergent tectonic plate?
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Which type of volcano has gently sloping sides and erupts non-explosively?
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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
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What type of mountain is formed when rock melts and erupts on Earth's surface?
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The point beneath the surface where rock breaks and an earthquake starts is the
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What process is taking place in the mantle causing the tectonic plates to move?
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In a __________ fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways.
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The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called _______________
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Reverse faults is formed by which type of stress?
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Normal faults are formed by which type of stress?
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Strike-Slip faults are formed by which type of stress?
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An earthquake occurs in the ocean. What does it cause?
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What causes an earthquake to happen?
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What are tectonic plates?
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Scientists think the continents once formed a large, single landmass that broke apart, and the continents slowly drifted to their present locations. What is the name given to this hypothesis?
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What process is taking place in the mantle?
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Subduction occurs when one plate slides beneath another plate. The illustration below shows the process of subduction. Notice the oceanic plate slides beneath the continental plate. What happens when the crustal plates move as shown in the illustration?
