Stress, Plate Boundaries, and Faults

Front

Type of stress that causes rocks to move apart and becomes thin in the middle is ____________. Options: Compression, Tension, Shear

Back

Tension

Front

Type of stress that causes the middle of the rock to get thicker is called __________.

Back

Compression

Front

Type of stress that causes the rock to slide past each other is called _________.

Back

Shear

Front

Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to be pulled apart

Back

Divergent

Front

Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to move towards each other

Back

Convergent

Front

Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to move horizontally past each other

Back

Transform

Front

Continent to Continent

Back

none subduct, crust will rise up

Front

What happens when two oceanic plates collide?

Back

Colder, older oceanic plate goes down.

Front

Continent to Ocean

Back

ocean plate goes down

Front

Hanging wall goes down footwall

Back

normal fault