Download Crustal Deformations

 Compressions
 Tensions
 Folding
 Faulting
 Causes the Earth to be pushed in
on itself
 Can lead to folding or faulting
 Causes to Earth to be pulled apart,
or thinned out
 Can lead to folding or faulting
 Bending of the Earth’s crust
 Can lead to the formation of
mountains, valleys, canyons, and
other landforms
 Breaking of the Earth’s crust
 Can lead to the formation of
mountains, valleys, canyons, and
other landforms
 Take the next five minutes to compare
and contrast folding and faulting.
 Give at least 2 similarities and 2
differences
 Landform that stretches above the
surrounding land
 Steeper than a hill
 Area of very flat land
 Includes prairies, grasslands, and
forests
Has a high elevation and level
surface
May contain streams and rivers
across them
 The edges of the Earth’s plates
which cause folding and faulting
 Three types: divergent, convergent,
and transform
 Where plates are moving away
from each other
 Where tension occurs
 Where the plates are moving
towards each other and collide
 Where compression occurs
 Where the plates rub against each
other back and forth
 Where one plates collides with
another and one plate moves under
the other
 Creates mountains, volcanoes, and
earthquakes