Faults

What are faults? A faults is a break in a body which one side slides against to the relative side.

What are the three faults? The three faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults.

Describe the three faults. Normal fault- The walls are pulled downward and the relative side is going the opposite way. (up,down) While going up and down, divergent boundaries (force going opposite direction left and right) are caused and the crust is being pulled apart by tension. Reverse fault- Compression causes the walls to move up and down just like normal fault but reverse fault causes convergent boundaries. Strike-slip fault- The walls moves horizontally to each other. (back and forth) The strike-slip fault causes transform while sliding back and forth.