Mountain Building Flashcard

Front

What happens in strike slip faults?

Back

Fault blocks move past each other horizontally.

Front

The balance between the downward weight of the lithosphere and the buoyant force exerted by the mantle, which accounts for the extra thickness of the lithosphere under mountains is known as __________.

Back

Isostasy

Front

An underwater mountain chain that formed by sea-floor spreading is called a...

Back

mid-ocean ridge

Front

What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

Back

Continuous underwater mountain range.

Front

What does the movement of tectonic plates cause on rocks?

Back

Places stress on rocks.

Front

What is orogeny?

Back

The process of mountain formation, especially by the folding and faulting of the Earth's crust.

Front

Define lithosphere.

Back

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.

Front

What is subduction?

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The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.