Force's in Earth's Crust (Chap. 4, Lesson 2)

stress

• a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

• stress the stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

• stress the pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement

• stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

compression

• a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

• stress the stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

• stress the pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement

• stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

shearing

• a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

• stress the stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

• stress the pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement

• stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

tension

• a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

• stress the stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

• stress the pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement

• stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

normal fault

• a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust

• a large landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust

strike-slip fault

• a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust

• a large landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust

reverse fault

• a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust

• a large landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust

plateau

• a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust

• a large landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface

• a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust