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| The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface. |
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| A force that acts on rock to change its shap or volume. |
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| Stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite direction. |
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| Stress that streches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle. |
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| Stress that sqeezes rock until it folds or breaks. |
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| A change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust. |
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| A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move. |
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| A type of fault where rockson either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion. |
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| A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward;caused by tension in the crust. |
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| The block of rock that forms the upper half of a falt. |
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| The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault. |
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| A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; cased by compression in the crust. |
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| A mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock. |
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| A bend in rock that forms where part of Earth's crust is compressed. |
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| An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust. |
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| A downward fold in rock formed by compressionmin Earth's crust. |
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| A landform that has a more or less levelsurface and is elevated high above sea level. |
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