Volcanoes, Eathquakes, and faults

Shearing – when rocks slide past each other at transform boundaries they break like being ___ by scissors.

• cut

• glued

• painted

• folded

Compression – happens at convergent boundaries and ___ the rock.

• squeezes

• stretches

• breaks

• melts

Tension – Plates ___ at boundaries and cause the crust to stretch and thin out.

• separate

• collide

• slide

• fold

A ________ fault is produced at a transform boundary.

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

• thrust

A ________ fault is produced at a convergent boundary.

• reverse

• normal

• strike-slip

• transform

A ________ fault is produced at a divergent boundary.

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

• thrust

Mountains created by rock layers being compressed and folded are called _________.

• folded mountains

• fault-block mountains

• volcanic mountains

• dome mountains

Mountains made by huge tilted blocks of rocks separated from the surrounding rock by faults are ____________.

• fault-block mountains

• fold mountains

• volcanic mountains

• dome mountains

A large area of flat land that is raised is a ___________. Example: The Colorado plateau was formed when the crust was forced upward.

• plateau

• valley

• plain

• basin

What causes large sections of rock to stretch, push, and bend at plate boundaries?

• Forces at plate boundaries

• Weathering by wind

• Erosion by rivers

• Volcanic eruptions