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| A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. |
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| Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle. |
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| Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. |
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| Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement. |
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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 fault. |
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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;caused by compression in the crust. |
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| A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion. |
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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 compression in Earth's crust. |
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| A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface. |
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