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| the underwater part of the continental crust, which includes the continental shelf and the continental slope |
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| a nearly circular folded mountain |
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| mountains formed from blocks of crust that have been faulted and tilted at the same time |
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| mountains formed when two plates carrying continental crust collide, folding the rocks and earth with great force |
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| a crack or break in the bedrock along which no movement has occurred |
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| large mass of rock that rises a great distance above its base |
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| a fault in which the hanging wall moves down with respect to the footwall |
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| a fault where the hanging wall moves up with respect to the footwall |
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| a fault where the rocks on opposite sides of the fault plane move horizontally |
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| a downfold in rock layers |
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| a reverse fault in which the fault plane dips 45* or less from the horizontal |
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