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Ch 8 L 2 Questions

chapter 8 lesson 2 questions

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1. Use the terms volcanic arc, and trench in a sentence A volcanic arc and a trench are both landforms created by compression
2. Relate a transform fault to a fault zone While a transform fault is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another, a fault zone is just multiple faults in one area
3. Define fault zone in your own words A place where there are multiple faults close together
4. Which type of stress is currently producing the East African Rift B. tension stress
5. Compare the development of tall mountains to how ocean trenches form mountains form when two continental plates collide, and ocean trenches form when two oceanic plate collide or when a continental and an oceanic plate collide.
6. Summarize the processes involved in the formation of a volcanic arc The formation of a volcanic arc happen due to the formation of a volcanic arc
7. Relate stresses at plate boundaries to the landforms assosiated with each type of boundary Compressive stress - convergent plate boundaries Tensional stress - divergent plate boundaries Shear stress - transform boundaries
8. If you heard earthquakes occurred in the same year in Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky, what could you infer was happening below the surface I would infer that shear stress was happening below the surface
9. Relate a continental rift to a mid-ocean ridge mid-ocean ridge causes continental rift
10. Illustrate how mountains form where two continents collide I do not know how to do this one
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