EarthSci05.4 Deformations of the Earth's Crust

The thin, outermost layer of Earth is called the ________.

• mantle

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

The bending, tilting, breaking of Earth's crust

• Deformation

• Fold

• Fault

• Stress

• Strain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Amount of force that acts on a rock

• Deformation

• Fold

• Fault

• Stress

• Strain

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A bend in the rock layers

• Deformation

• Fold

• Fault

• Stress

• Strain

A break in the rock layers that results in movement on either/both sides of the break

• Deformation

• Fold

• Fault

• Stress

• Strain

A change in the rocks shape/volume caused by forces acting on the rock

• Deformation

• Fold

• Fault

• Stress

• Strain

What type of stress squeezes a rock?

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

• Confining stress

What type of stress would you expect at a convergent plate boundary?

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

• Confining stress

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of stress would you expect at a divergent plate boundary?

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

• Confining stress

What type of stress pulls a rock apart?

• Compressional stress

• Tensional stress

• Shear stress

• Confining stress