key terms 11.1 & 11.2
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| Earthquake | The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
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| Stress | A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
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| Shearing | Stress that pushes rock in opposite directions.
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| Tension | Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
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| Compression | Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
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| Fault | A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move.
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| Strike-slip Fault | A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion.
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| Normal Fault | A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward and is caused by tension in the crust.
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| Reverse Fault | A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward and is caused by compression in the crust.
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| Hanging Wall | The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault.
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| Footwall | The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault.
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| Fold | A bend in rock that forms where part of the Earth's crust is compressed.
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| Plateau | A landform that has a more or less level surface and is elevated high above sea level.
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