chapter 6 section 3

What is stress?

• A force that makes the earth very upset

• A force that acts on buildings/skyscrapers

• Forces that can't change the shape or volume on Earth

• A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

How many kinds of stress can occur in Earth's crust?

• 7

• 3

• 2

• 5

A force that pushes rock in together.

• Tension

• Shearing

• Compression

• Lateral

The type of stress that pulls rocks apart.

• Compression

• Tension

• Shearing

• Faulting

A mountain formed by blocks of rock uplifted from normal faults is called

• Fault-Block Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Deformation

• Fold

A bend in rock is called

• Fault-Block Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Fold

• Fracture

In geology, any change in the original shape or volume of rocks is called

• Fault

• Fold

• Deformation

• Shearing

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?

• strike-slip
• normal
• reverse

Compression is the type of stress that causes the crust to become thinner in the middle.

• True 
• False

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?

• tension
• compression
• shearing