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Cards Term Fault Definition a fracture surface along which motion has taken place; most often found in sedimentary rocks Term Normal Fault Definition fault along an inclined plain in which the upper side (hanging wall) appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side (footwall) Term Reverse Fault Definition a fault in which the hanging wall ins moved upwards relative to the footwall Term Strike-Slip Fault Definition a surface along which one rock has moved horizontaly with respect to the other Term Geologic Folding Definition a portion of strata that is folded or bent; occurs when two plates are pushing in on and squeezing the plate between them Term Syncline Definition a trough; a fold convex downward Term Anticline Definition an arch; a fold convex upward Term Uplift Definition an upheval Term Tilting Definition to incline, slope, or slant Term Alfred Wegener Definition a German meteorologist; came up with the idea of Pangaea Term Pangaea Definition a huge single landmass that all the continents used to be a part of Term Laurasia Definition Northern Pangaea; North America, Europe, and Asia Term Gondwana Definition South Pangaea; South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and India Term Tethys Sea Definition now Mediteranian Sea, Caspian Sea, and Black Sea