Mountain Building Digital Lesson
Name _______________________________________________________
Slide 1 – define the following words:
1. Deformation:_____________________________________________________________
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2. Tension:_________________________________________________________________
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3. Folding:_________________________________________________________________
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4. Compression:_____________________________________________________________
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5. Shear stress:
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6. Fault:___________________________________________________________________
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Slide 2 – Just watch.
Slide 3 – Types of Stress: Explain how the following types of stress can cause rock to bend or
break:
1. Compression:_____________________________________________________________
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2. Tension:_________________________________________________________________
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3. Shear stress ________________________________________________________________________
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Slide 4 – Types of Faults: Describe the following faults.
1. Normal fault ________________________________________________________________________
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2. Reverse fault ________________________________________________________________________
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3. Strike-slip fault ________________________________________________________________________
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Slide 5 Anticline and Syncline
What is a syncline?
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What is an anticline?
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Slide 6 Types of Mountains – Describe the following mountains and list the tectonic plate
boundary they are most associated with.
Folded:_______________________________________________________________________
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Fault-block _____________________________________________________________________________
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Volcanic:______________________________________________________________________
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Slide 7 Just watch
Slide 8 Tell which mountain goes with each definition:
Volcanic – Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Fault-block – Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Folded – Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Slide 9 Describe one example that shows how the movement of tectonic plates can lead to
mountain building.
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