Chapter 8 - Earth Dynamics

Folded Mountain

• Parallel ridge that forms where blocks of crust move up or down along faults

• Mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded

• Mountain that forms when large regions ride vertically with very little deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Uplifted Mountain

• Parallel ridge that forms where blocks of crust move up or down along faults

• Mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded

• Mountain that forms when large regions ride vertically with very little deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fault-block Mountain

• Parallel ridge that forms where blocks of crust move up or down along faults

• Mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded

• Mountain that forms when large regions ride vertically with very little deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Subsidence

• A change in the shape of rock caused by stress

• The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations

• The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Uplift

• A change in the shape of rock caused by stress

• The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations

• The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Strain

• A change in the shape of rock caused by stress

• The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations

• The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface

Ocean Trench

• A deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary

• Fault that forms where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other

• A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanic Arc

• A deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary

• Fault that forms where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other

• A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Transform Fault

• A deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary

• Fault that forms where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other

• A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary

Plains

• Area of subsidence; region with low elevation

• Landform with low relief and low elevation

• An area with low relief and low elevation