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Folding/Faulting/Mountains/Earthquakes

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What is is called when rocks BEND?

folding

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What is it called when rocks BREAK?

Faulting

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What is it called when rocks are bending and breaking (starts with a D)

Deformation

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What is this called (note: it is moving away from each other)?

normal fault

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What is this called (note: it is moving towards each other)?

reverse fault

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What is this called (which fault)?

strike slip

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Where do most volcanic mountains occur?

ring of fire

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The Himalayans and the Appalachians are what kind of mountain range?

folded

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The Grand Tetons are what kid of mountain range?

Fault Block

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Why do earthquakes happen?

Rocks deforming and breaking releasing energy

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Where do they normally occur (not always, just more often)?

Near the edges of tectonic plates

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What is it called when 2 plates are pulling apart (starts with a T)?

tension

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What is it called when 2 plates are coming together (starts with a C)?

Compression

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What are the 3 plate BOUNDARIES?

Transform, Convergent, Divergent

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