Deformation of Crust Review

The oldest layer of an anticline fold is located where?

• within a syncline

• on the outside

• in the center

• on the bottom

Where do isostatic adjustments occur?

• ionosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where is the asthenosphere?

• Core

• Mantle

• Stratosphere

• Atmosphere

When rocks layers bend over time but don't break it creates a ________________.

• Fold

• Fault

• Fracture

• Thrust Fault

When continents collide it forms a ________________ mountain.

• volcanic

• dome

• fault-Block

• folded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The type of stress that squeezes and shortens is __________________.

• compression

• tension

• shear stress

• deposition

When one plate slides underneath another.

• Stress

• Subduction

• Abduction

• Compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

On a syncline, the youngest rock layer is where?

• On the outside

• In the center

• On the bottom

• On the top

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.

• Reverse Fault

• Normal Fault

• Strike slip Fault

• Syncline

What is the force in isostatic adjustment?

• Compression

• Bouyancy

• Magnetism

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4