Forces in Earth's' Crust

Tension occurs where two plates slip past each other.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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• False

Very few faults occur along plate boundaries.

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• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The Rio Grande River flows through a valley where tension in the Earth's crust has resulted in a normal fault.

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• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A reverse fault forms where compression pushes the rock of the crust together.

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• False

The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a normal fault.

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• False

Folded mountains are formed by tension caused by colliding plates.

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• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Anticlines are folds in rock that bend downward into a V shape.

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• False

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

• shearing

• compression

• tension

• uplifting

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

• shearing

• compression

• tension

• uplifting