Science 8.1-8.2

Parallel forces acting in opposite directions

• compression

• shear

• tension

Squeezing force that acts in opposite directions

• compression

• shear

• tension

Pulling apart force

• compression

• shear

• tension

What is strain?

• any force acting on rocks

• a change in rock's shape due to stress

• a balance between the crust and the mantle

What can bring deeply buried rocks to the surface?

• uplift

• subduction

• compaction

What is subsidence?

• a horizontal movement of crust

• a vertical upward movement of the crust

• a vertical downward movement of the crust

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Earth's mountains float in balance on top of the mantle as the result of

• strain

• isostasy

• subduction

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If the glaciers on Greenland grew larger, the crust under the ice would

• uplift

• subside

• subduct

Which term is a rock cycle process caused by plate motion?

• erosion

• weathering

• subduction

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A volcanic arc forms when

• two plates move laterally past each other

• divergence occurs along a mid-ocean ridge

• an oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle

• many fractured pieces of crust form along a large fault

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