| A | B |
|---|
| adirondack mtns | example of tectonic dome mountain |
| anticline | upward fold of rock layers |
| alps | example of folded mountain |
| appalachian mtns | example of folded mountain |
| compression stress | rock layers are being squeezed inward |
| continental margin | boundary between continental crust and ocean crust |
| dome mountain | circular folded mountains in areas of flat sedimenary rocks |
| fault-block mountain | form as result of compressiom or tension |
| folded mountain | form when two continental crust plates collide |
| fott wall | portion of fault below the fault plane |
| hanging wall | portion of fault above the fault plane |
| himalayan mtns | example of folded mountain |
| joint | break in bedrock where no apparent movement has occurred |
| limb | side of a fold |
| mountain | a large mass of rock that rises a great distance above its base |
| plutonic dome mountain | igeneous extrusion pushes up layers erosion exposes extruded rock |
| normal fault | hanging wall moves down from footwall |
| reverse fault | hanging wall moves up from footwall |
| rocky mtns | example of plutonic dome mountain |
| shear stress | rock layers pushed in two different opposite directions |
| strike-slip fault | opposite sides of fault move horizontally past each other |
| techtonic dome mountain | uplifting arches rock layers upper layers erode to expose older rock |
| sierra nevada mtn | example of fault block mountain |
| syncline | downward fold of rock layers |
| tension stress | rock layers are being squeezed outward (stretched) |
| thrust fault | reverse fault with fault plane at 45 degrees or less from horizontaal |
