Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Inside Earth Book Vocabulary
Chapter 2/Section 1
17
Science
8th Grade
07/01/2005

Additional Science Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
earthquake
Definition
that shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
Term
stress
Definition
a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
Term
deformation
Definition
a change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust
Term
shearing
Definition
stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions
Term
tension
Definition
stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
Term
compression
Definition
stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
Term
fault
Definition
a break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
Term
strike-slip fault
Definition
a type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion
Term
normal fault
Definition
a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust
Term
hanging wall
Definition
the block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault
Term
footwall
Definition
the block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault
Term
reverse fault
Definition
a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward
Term
fault-block mountain
Definition
a mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock
Term
folds
Definition
bends in rock that form where part of Earth's crust is compressed
Term
anticline
Definition
an upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
Term
syncline
Definition
a downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust
Term
plateau
Definition
a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Supporting users have an ad free experience!