| A | B |
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| stress | a force that adds energy to a rock, changing its' shape or volume |
| fault | a break in a rock due to a force |
| normal fault | a fault that is created by the force of tension |
| reverse fault | a fault created by the force of compression |
| strike slip fault | a fault created by the force of shearing |
| hanging wall | the layer of rock above the fault, the layer that actually moved |
| foot wall | the layer of rock below the fault; this layer doesn't move |
| anticline | an upward bend in a rock layer due to stress forces |
| syncline | a downward bend in a rock layer due to stress forces |
| plateau | large, elevated flat area |
| conduction | heat transfer by touch, or direct contact |
| convection | heat transfer caused by the force of gravity causing a fluid to move |
| continental drift | theory the the continents are moving |
| plate tectonics | theory that the Earth's crust is broken into tectonic plates that move over time |
| Pangea | a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago |
| subduction | process of one tectonic plate moving underneath another tectonic plate |
| lithosphere | earth's crust, or land |
| convergent boundary | location where two tectonic plates are colliding |
| divergent boundary | location where two tectonic plates are pulling apart |
| transform boundary | location where two tectonic plates are moving in opposite directions passing by one another |
