Earthquake Forces & Faults Version 2

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Name that Force! A compression force squeezes rocks together, a tension force stretches rocks apart, and a shearing force causes rocks to move past each other. Whose FAULT is it? Sort each force and movement with its correct fault. Normal Fault caused by TENSION forces causes one side of the fault to move DOWNWARD Reverse Fault caused by COMPRESSION forces causes one side of the fault to move UP and OVER the other Strike-Slip Fault caused by SHEARING forces cause rocks to move PAST each other without much up or down movement Which type of Fault is this? Normal Fault Reverse Fault Strike-Slip Fault What type of FAULT is this? Reverse Fault Normal Fault Strike-Slip Fault What type of FAULT is this? Normal Fault Strike-Slip Fault Reverse Fault

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