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Science Chapter 4 Study Guide-Part 1

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Anticline or SynclineWhen horizontal stress acts on a rock, an _____ or_____ form.
CrustEarth's lightest materials make up the _______.
FaultThe surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a _______.
MonoclineWhen vertical stress acts on a rock, ____ form.
CrustThe outermost layer of the Earth is called the _______.
ConvergentThe ype of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectoni plate is ________.
Continental Drift___ ____ is the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
LithosphereIs divide into tectonic plates.
Outer CoreThe part of the Earth that is a liquid
AsthenosphereConvecttion currents are believed to occur in the ______.
IronScientists believe that the Earth's core is made mostly of _____.
NormalThe type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall is called ______.
ReverseThe type of fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall is called _____.
CoreThe center of the Earth is called the ______.
MantleMake up most of the Earth's mass.
Subduction ZoneThe region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
AsthenosphereThe soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move
VolcanicMagma that reaches the Earth's surface may form ____ mountains.
FoldingOccurs when rock layers bend due to stress in the Earth's crust.
CONVERGENTContinental mountain ranges are usually associated with _____ boundaries.
LithosphereMade of the crust and the rigid, upper mantle.
Similarities of fossils on continental coaseEvidence to support the theory of continental drift.

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