Faults Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- hanging wall : block above the fault plane.
- foot wall : block below the fault plane.
- fault scarp : the steep face of an exposed block.
- fault plane : the plane that extends into the earth and along which slippage occurs.
- fault line : trace of the fault along the surface.
- strike-slip : a fault where two blocks move horizontally past each other.
- tension : a type of stress that pulls rocks apart.
- normal : a type of fault where one block moves down relative to the other.
- compression : stress that compresses or squeezes rocks.
- reverse : a fault that moves one block up relative to the other.
- shearing : stress that causes rock to twist or distort.
