Fault

Question 1

• Is a cracks/break on the Earth’s crust, and along the break, significant movement has taken place.

Answer 1

FAULT

Question 2

• Is a visible surface trace of a fault, which may or may not intersect between the fault planes and the surfaces that we usually see.

Answer 2

FAULT LINE

Question 3

Is a flat surface representing the fractured line of the fault

Answer 3

FAULT PLANE

Question 4

• The block along the fault

Answer 4

HANGING WALL

Question 5

The block on the bottom of the fault

Answer 5

FOOTWALL

Question 6

• It is the direction in which the fault runs

Answer 6

STRIKE

Question 7

• As the plates move, fractures in the Earth’s crust develop and earthquakes are often located on them.
• These fractures are referred to us ———

Answer 7

Faults