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30 Cards in this Set
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What is shearing
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wgere two plates slide past eachother
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What is tension
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Where two plates pull apart
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What is deformation
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When the earth's crust changes in volume, mass, or shape
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What is compression
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Where 2 plates push together
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Normal Fault
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When the foot wall moves up and the hanging wall goes down
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Reverse Fault
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Where the hanging wall goes up and the foot wall goes down
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What is the foot wall
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the wall that looks like a foot
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Hanging Wall
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The wall that is hanging off a foot wall
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Strike Slip Fault
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A fault where two plates slide against eachother
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Fold
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A fualt by compression that causes the earth to bend
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Syncline
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the downward fold
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Anticline
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the upward fold
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Fault-block mountain
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A mountain caused by 2 normal faults
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Plateau
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a flat topped mountain
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Epicenter
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where seismic waves hit the surface
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What is shearing
|
wgere two plates slide past eachother
|
|
|
What is tension
|
Where two plates pull apart
|
|
|
What is deformation
|
When the earth's crust changes in volume, mass, or shape
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|
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What is compression
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Where 2 plates push together
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Normal Fault
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When the foot wall moves up and the hanging wall goes down
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Reverse Fault
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Where the hanging wall goes up and the foot wall goes down
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What is the foot wall
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the wall that looks like a foot
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Hanging Wall
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The wall that is hanging off a foot wall
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Strike Slip Fault
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A fault where two plates slide against eachother
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Fold
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A fualt by compression that causes the earth to bend
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Syncline
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the downward fold
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Anticline
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the upward fold
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Fault-block mountain
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A mountain caused by 2 normal faults
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Plateau
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a flat topped mountain
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Epicenter
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where seismic waves hit the surface
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