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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what makes the plates move?

Back (Answer)

convection current

#2
Front (Question)

elastic or plastic-like part of the mantle

Back (Answer)

asthenosphere

#3
Front (Question)

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

Back (Answer)

stress

#4
Front (Question)

types of stress

Back (Answer)

Tensional stress Compressional stress Shear stress

#5
Front (Question)

happens at divergent boundaries

Back (Answer)

tensional stress

#6
Front (Question)

happens at convergent boundaries

Back (Answer)

compressional stress

#7
Front (Question)

happens at transform boundaires

Back (Answer)

shear stress

#8
Front (Question)

➡⬅

Back (Answer)

compressional stress

#9
Front (Question)

⬅➡

Back (Answer)

tensional stress

#10
Front (Question)

⬇⬆

Back (Answer)

shear stress

#11
Front (Question)

rocks get thinner in the middle as it is pulled apart.

Back (Answer)

tensional stress

#12
Front (Question)

boundaries between two plates that are colliding.

Back (Answer)

compressional stress

#13
Front (Question)

rock is pushed in two opposite directions or sideways.

Back (Answer)

shear stress

#14
Front (Question)

formed when rocks experience compressive stress and deform, causing the rocks to bend.

Back (Answer)

folds

#15
Front (Question)

types of folds

Back (Answer)

monocline anticline syncline

#16
Front (Question)

“one step” bend

Back (Answer)

monocline

#17
Front (Question)

convex upward, A

Back (Answer)

anticline

#18
Front (Question)

concave upward, U

Back (Answer)

syncline

#19
Front (Question)

break or crack in Earth’s lithosphere along which the rocks move.

Back (Answer)

faults

#20
Front (Question)

parts of a fault

Back (Answer)

footwall (block) hanging wall (block)

#21
Front (Question)

is the rock that is placed on top of the fault.

Back (Answer)

footwall block

#22
Front (Question)

is the rock that is below the fault.

Back (Answer)

hanging wall block

#23
Front (Question)

moves in a fault

Back (Answer)

footwall block

#24
Front (Question)

does not move in a fault

Back (Answer)

hanging wall block