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chapter 8 L1-L4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it. | Isostasy |
| The downward vertical motion of Earth's surface | Subsidence |
| The upward motion of Earth's surface | Uplift |
| Squeezing stress | Compression |
| Stress that pulls something apart | Tension |
| Parallel forces acting in opposite directions | Shear |
| A change in the shape of rock caused by stress | Strain |
| Are deep, underwater troughs created by an oceanic plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary | Ocean Trench |
| A curved line of volcanoes that form parallel to a plate boundary | Volcanic Arc |
| Where block of crust slide horizontally past each other | Transform Fault |
| An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault | Fault Zone |
| are made of layers of rocks that are folded | Folded Mountain |
| are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along the faults | Fault-block Mountain |
| An extensive area of level or rolling land | Plains |
| Areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation | Basin |
| Flat regions with high elevations. | Plateau |
| When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation. | Uplifted Mountain |