Which of these answers best describes compression caused by tectonic plate movement?
A. 
Stress that slides rocks
B. 
Stress that squeezes rocks
C. 
Stress that stretches rocks
D. 
Stress that pulls rock apart
2.
Which of the following can form as a result of tension by tectonic plate movement?
A. 
A syncline
B. 
An anticline
C. 
A folded mountain
D. 
A fault block mountain
3.
The figure below shows three kinds of faults: normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults.
What happens when stress causes a strike-slip fault?
The Canadian Appalachian Mountains are a system of mountain ranges running along the eastern coast of North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Appalachians are among the oldest mountains on Earth, born of...
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Geographically speaking where, in Canada, are the Appalachian Mountains?