Dynamic Earth Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words
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| anticline | upward fold in a rock
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| compression | stress that squeezes the rocks together
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| crust | surface layer of the earth
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| deformation | change in shape or volume of a rock
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| dome | raised area that looks like the top half of a sphere
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| fault | break or crack in rock with movement
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| fault-block mountain | blocks of rock lifted upwards
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| fold | bend in a rock
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| foot wall | block of rock below a fault
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| fracture | break or crack in a rock but no movement
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| hanging wall | block of rock above the fault
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| isostasy | balance of force of mantle pushing up and force of crust pushing down
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| lateral fault | blocks of rock move horizontally past each other
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| mantle | inner earth from crust to core
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| normal fault | hanging wall moves down
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| plateau | high raised flat area above sea level
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| reverse fault | hanging wall moves up the foot wall
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| rift valley | blocks of rock move down between two normal faults
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| shearing | stress that pushes rock in two opposite horizontal directions
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| stress | push or pull on the earth's crust
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| syncline | downward fold in a rock
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| tension | stress that pulls rock apart
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| thrust fault | hanging wall is pushed over the foot wall
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| continental crust | crust under continents
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| oceanic crust | crust under oceans
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| joints | parallel cracks in rock
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| brittle | rock that breaks easily
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| ductile | rock that will bend instead of fracture
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| lava | molten rock above Earth
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| magma | molten rock still in Earth
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