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What is it called when a rock bends instead of breaking due to plate movement?
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What is it called when a body of rock bends upward into an arch?
An upward fold in a body of rock is called an anticline.
The way a plant grows or bends in response to gravity is called?
Autotropic & geotropic
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called what?
An anticline
Which type of of movement bends the knee and brings the lower leg backward?
Extension. Extension increases an angle, as in straightening a joint. During extension, the knee or elbow are straightened.
A valley that dips between two parallel ranges of hills was formed by a downward fold in a rock is called an?
A syncline is a fold in the crust that bends downward into a valley.
What is it called when a wave bends around an obstacle?
When a wave bends around an obstacle, it is called diffraction.
When a wave bends around a obstacle what is it called?
When a wave bends around an obstacle, it is called diffraction.
What is it called when a mirror bends inwards or outwards?
Convex when it bends outwards, concave when it bends inwards
What type of movement bends the knees and brings the lower leg backward?
flexion
Which type of movement bends the knee and brings the lower leg backward?
flexion
What is diver's ailment called?
The bends
Why does my daughter's knee creak when she bends it?
That cracking sound is the result of crepitus, which is the result of bone on bone movement or bone on ligament movement.
What is decompression sickness also called?
It is sometimes called the bends
Why do rivers have so many bends and turns?
Because they carve the easiest path out of the landscape. THese bends are called meanders. If the bottom of a valley is not straight the river with follow the bottom of the valley instead of going up the sides of the valley. Also it might be to avoid big rocks
What is it called when glass bends light?
REFRACTION
Which type of movement bends the knee and brings the lower leg toward the back?
flexion of the knee.
What is it called when a wave strikes an object and bends?
That is called refraction.
