8th grade earth Scie Word Scramble
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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 |
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