6 Science Unit 4 Lesson 3

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Across
  1. 4. a crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
  2. 6. bends in rock layers
  3. 7. ______ mountains form when melted rock erupts on Earth's surface
  4. 9. these faults move in a way that you wouldn't expect them to as a result of gravity
  5. 11. Earth has this many main kinds of faults
  6. 13. stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  7. 15. the faults move in a way you would expect them to due to gravity
  8. 16. the _______ Mountains are an example of folded mountains in North America
  9. 18. rock layers that are arched upward like a bowl
  10. 19. a fault ______ is the location where two fault blocks meet
Down
  1. 1. the block below the fault plane
  2. 2. rock layers that are arched downward
  3. 3. in a strike-slip fault the blocks move past each other _________
  4. 5. stress the stretches or pulls rock apart
  5. 8. the process by which rocks change shape when under stress
  6. 10. the ______ Mountains in Wyoming are fault-block mountains
  7. 12. the _____ wall is the block above the fault plane
  8. 14. the amount of force per unit area that is placed on an object
  9. 17. reverse faults are common along _______ boundaries where plates collide