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Science Final Review
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Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called: a. shearing b. tension c.compression d. deformation | a. shearing |
Beacuse stress is a force it, a. takes energy out of the rock b. adds energy to rock c. adds volume to rock d. makes rock harder | b. adds energy to rock |
In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the a. hanging wall b. reverse fault c. footwall d. anticline | (blank) |
Which type of stress force produces reverse faults? a. shearing b. tension c. compression d. deformation | c. compression |
The land between two normal faults may be uplifted to form a a. fold b. syncline c. hanging wall d. fault-block mountain | d. fault block mountain |
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called a(n) a. anticline b. syncline c. plateau d. canyon | a. anticline |