Science Chapter 4 Vocab

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

• shearing

• tension

• reverse fault

• compression

stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

• strike slip

• shearing

• tension

• compression

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

• shearing

• reverse fault

• stress

• tension

stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement

• shearing

• tension

• stress

• strike slip

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

• normal fault

• strike slip

• reverse fault

• tension

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

• tension

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike slip

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

• reverse fault

• shearing

• normal fault

• strike slip fault

the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rocks beneath earths surface

• earthquakes

• focus

• epicenter

• p waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the area beneath Earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move

• s wave

• earthquake

• epicenter

• focus

the point on the surface directly above the focus

• focus

• seismograph

• strike slip fault

• epicenter