Deformation Vocab Quizizz

Any change in a rock’s shape or volume caused by stress.

• Strain

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Weathering

A condition of gravitational and buoyant equilibrium between Earth’s lithosphere and asthenosphere.

• Isostasy

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Subduction

A series of mountains that are closely related in orientation, age and mode of formation.

• Mountain range

• Valley

• Plateau

• Hill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock.

• Stress

• Strain

• Pressure

• Tension

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A mountain that forms when faults break Earth’s crust into large blocks and some blocks drop down relative to other blocks.

• Fault-block mountain

• Volcanic mountain

• Fold mountain

• Dome mountain

A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another; a form of brittle strain.

• Fault

• Fold

• Joint

• Shear Zone

A circular or elliptical, almost symmetrical elevation or structure in which the stratified rock slopes downward gently from the central point of folding.

• Dome

• Basin

• Valley

• Plateau

The bending, tilting and breaking of the Earth’s crust.

• Deformation

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and uplifted.

• Block Mountain

• Volcanic mountain

• Folded Mountain

• Dome mountain

A form of ductile strain in which rock layers bend, usually as a result of compression.

• Folding

• Faulting

• Shearing

• Erosion