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Where do faults usually occur?
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Along plate boundaries where forces of plate motion compress, pull, or shear the crust so much that it breaks.
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What is the definition of syncline?
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a downward fold in rock formed by compression in earths crust.
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What is the force that a volcanic eruption depends on?
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gas
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What kind of eruption produces a pyroclastic flow?
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explosive eruptions
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what kind of energy can be provided by water heated by magma in volcanic areas.
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hot springs
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What are large pieces of the litosphere called?
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plates
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What layer of earth do scientists think plate movement occurs?
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lithosphere
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What is deformation?
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the change in volume or shape of earths crust
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What type of stress force will produce reverse faults.
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compression
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What happens in a strike slip fault?
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the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or down movement.
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