Chapter 2 Lesson 1

Stress is a(n) _ that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

• Force

• Valley

• Tension

• Compression

The collision of two plates cause the formation of _____ mountains

• Normal

• Folded

• Reverse

• Strike Slip

When two plates move away from each other _ faults are created.

• Stirke-Slip

• Reverse

• Syncline

• Normal

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is a(n) ______

• Valley

• Mountain

• Plateau

• Anticline

Tension can cause the formation of fault-block mountains or _

• Valley

• Mountain

• Plateau

• Strike-Slip

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is a(n) _____

• Syncline

• Strike-Slip

• Reverse

• Anticline

The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is _______

• Shearing

• Compression

• Uplifting

• Tension

A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a _______

• Hanging fault

• Normal fault

• Strike-Slip fault

• Reverse fault

The stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is

• Shearing

• Compression

• Tension

• Uplifting

Compression causes the formation of

• only anticlines

• only synclines

• both anticlines and synclines

• neither anticlines or synclines