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- 1. Multiple Choice
Type of stress that causes rocks to move apart and becomes thin in the middle is ____________.
Compression
Tension
Shear
- 2. Multiple Choice
Type of stress that causes the middle of the rock to get thicker is called __________.
Shear
Tension
Compression
- 3. Multiple Choice
Type of stress that causes the rock to slide past each other is called _________.
Shear
Tension
Compression
- 4. Multiple Choice
Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to be pulled apart
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
- 5. Multiple Choice
Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to move towards each other
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
- 6. Multiple Choice
Type of plate boundary that causes the lithospheric plates to move horizontally past each other
Divergent
Transform
Compression
Convergent
- 7. Multiple Choice
Continent to Continent
none subduct, crust will rise up
colder, older oceanic plate goes down
ocean plate goes down
- 8. Multiple Choice
Ocean to Ocean
none subduct, crust will rise
colder, older oceanic plate goes down
ocean plate goes down
- 9. Multiple Choice
Continent to Ocean
none subduct, crust will rise
colder, older oceanic plate goes down
ocean plate goes down
- 10. Multiple Choice
Hanging wall goes down footwall
normal fault
reverse fault
strike slip fault
- 11. Multiple Choice
hanging wall moves up footwall
normal fault
reverse fault
strike slip fault
- 12. Multiple Choice
rocks slide past each other
normal fault
reverse fault
strike slip fault
- 13. Multiple Choice
continental drifting
pulls continents apart
occurs where there is tension stress
causes lithosphere to get thinner and stretch (like mad matter)
all of the above
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