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8th grade earth Scie
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stress that pulls the crust apart to make it thinner | Tension |
| landform that results from compression bending the crust | Folded mountains |
| stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions | shearing |
| fault caused by tension where hanging wall slides down footwall | normal fault |
| A force that acts on rock to change it's shape or volume | stress |
| a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level | plateau |
| fault caused by compression where hanging wall slides up footwall | reverse fault |
| a break in the rock of the crust where the rock on either side slips past each other | fault |