Geological Changes and Concepts

Geological Changes and Concepts

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Anticlines

Back

arch-like up fold where the limbs dip away from the hinge

compressional stress

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Syncline

Back

trough-like down fold where the limbs
dip toward the hinge

compressional stress

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

mon·o·cline

Back

fold that features a simple bend in rock layers.

shearing stress

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

compresional stress

Back

place when an object is squeezed amd Happens in the covergent plate boundaries

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

tensional stress

Back

opposite ends of an object are pulled in
opposite directions.


divergent boundary

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Shear stress

Back

the surface of an object slides relative to
the other surface.


happens in the transform boundary

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