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Lesson 8 Chapter 1-4
word | Definition |
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Isostasy | The equilibrium between the continental crust and the denser mantle below it. |
Subsidence | The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface. Opposite of uplift |
Uplift | The upward vertical motion of Earth's surface. |
Compression | Squeezing stress. |
Tension | Stress that pulls something apart. Opposite of compression |
Shear | Parallel forces acting in opposite directions |
Strain | A change in the shape of a rock caused by stress |
Ocean Trench | Deep, underwater troughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary. |
Volcanic Arc | A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary |
Transform Fault | Tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. |
Fault Zone | An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault. |
Folded mountain | Made of rock layers that are folded. |
Fault-block mountain | Parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults. |
Uplifted mountain | Very large regions rise vertically with very little deformation. |
Plains | An extensive area of level or rolling land. |
Basin | Areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation. |
Plateau | Flat regions with high elevations |