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17 Cards in this Set
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Stress
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The force that acts on rock to change is shape or volume
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Tension
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Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
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Compression
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Stress that squezzes rock until it falls or breaks
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Shearing
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Stress that pushes masses of rock in oppisite direction, in a sideway movement
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Normal Fault
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A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downard caused by tension in the crust
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Hanging Wall
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The block of rock that form the upper half of a fault
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Footwall
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The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault
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Reverse Fault
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A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust.
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Strike-Slip Fault
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A type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion.
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anticline
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An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
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Syncline
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A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust
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Plateau
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A large area of that land elevated high above sea level.
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Stress
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The force that acts on rock to change is shape or volume
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Tension
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Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
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Compression
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Stress that squezzes rock until it falls or breaks
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Shearing
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Stress that pushes masses of rock in oppisite direction, in a sideway movement
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Normal Fault
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A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downard caused by tension in the crust
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