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Deforming Earth's crust

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    About Earth's crust
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  • The stress that occurs when forces pull in opposite directions on a piece of rock.
    Tension
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  • The stress that occurs when side-by-side forces move two sides of a piece of rock in opposite directions.
    Shear
  •  15
  • Pieces of Earth’s crust/ large slabs of solid rock are called as....
    tectonic plates
  •  15
  • 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries are....
    convergent, divergent and transform boundaries
  •  20
  • 3 types of stress seen on tectonic plate boundaries are...
    shear, compression and tension
  •  20
  • Shear is seen at ___________ boundary.
    Transform boundary
  •  15
  • Compression is seen at ____________ boundary.
    Convergent boundary
  •  15
  • Folds are formed at _______________ boundary.
    Convergent boundary
  •  15
  • Normal fault is formed at ______________ boundary.
    Divergent boundary
  •  15
  • Types of mountains are....
    Folded, volcanic and fault-block mountains
  •  20
  • Which fault is this?
    Transform fault
  •  15
  • These are called...
    tectonic plates
  •  15
  • The cracks between tectonic plates are called...
    tectonic plates boundaries
  •  15
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