Continental Drift: Folds and Faults

4. _____ fault is when the fractured blocks slide past each other.
7. A fold that is convex upward.
9. The Date when this theory was published.
12. The block that is more than 90 degree measure from the fault line.
13. The scientific theory that suggest that all continents were part of a supercontinent.
14. Fold ____ is the line along which the bending occurs. The hinge line follows the line of greatest bend in a fold.
16. _____ plane is a plane figure that splits the fold into two halves.
17. The distance of displacement between the fractured plates.
18. _____ fault is when the hanging wall shifted upward while footwall shifted downward.
19. The downward arc or curve of a fold.

1. Fold ____ meet in a region of curvature called the hinge zone.
2. A break in a rock which is the starting point of the displacement of two plates which splits the plates into two halves.
3. The outermost layer of the Earth.
5. This is a huge landmass that is called a supercontinent.
6. The block that is less than 90 degree measure from the fault line.
8. _____ fault is when the footwall shifted upward while hanging wall shifted downward.
10. The fit of the continents; the distribution of ancient fossils, rocks, and mountain ranges; and the locations of ancient climatic zones are the _________ of Continental Drift.
11. A fold where the rock layers form an S-shape as the sides of the rock are compressed.
15. One major criticism of Wegener's continental drift theory is the absence of a plausible mechanism for continental _______.