Mountain Building/Volcanoes 3-4 & 3-5

the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress

• tension

• deformation

• compression

• tectonic plate

the bending of rock layers due to stress

• compression

• tension

• vent

• folding

the crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other

• shear stress

• tension

• fault

• tectonic plate

stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions

• tension

• shear stress

• compression

• vent

stress that stretches or pulls rock apart

• shear stress

• stress that squeezes or pushes rock together

• tension

• tectonic plate

stress that squeezes or pushes rock together

• compression

• tension

• shear stress

• fault

a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

• tectonic plate

• volcano

• vent

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• lava

• vent

• magma

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Magma that reaches Earth's surface

• lava

• magma

• hot spot

• vent

The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano

• hot spot

• vent

• volcano

• tectonic plate