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chapter 6 section 1
Question | Answer |
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stress | a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume |
tension | stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle |
compression | stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks |
shearing | stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement |
normal fault | a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward, caused by tension in the crust |
hanging wall | the block that rock that forms the upper half of the fault |
footwall | the block that forms the lower half of a fault |
reverse fault | a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward, caused by compression in the crust |
strike-slip fault | a type of fault where the rocks move past each other sideways, with little up or down motion |
anticline | an upward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust |
syncline | a downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust |
plateau | a large of flat land elevated high above sea level |