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The hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.

The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.

The fault blocks move past each other horizontally.

The crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other is called a...

Strike-slip faults form when rock is under...

Reverse faults form when rocks undergo...

Normal faults form when the rock is under...

fault

Normal Faults

Strike-Slip Faults

shear stress

Reverse Faults

tension

compression