Faults Crossword Puzzle

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.