Earth's Crust in Motion!

ANTICLINE
COMPRESSION
DEFORMATION
FAULT
FAULTATANANGLE
FOOTWALL
HANGINGWALL
NORMALFAULT
PLATEAU
REVERSEFAULT
SANANDREASFAULT
SHEARING
STRESS
STRIKESLIPFAULT
SYNCLINE
TENSION
THRUST

This word search has been designed to help you learn about Earth's faults and how they interact with earthquakes.

Try to find all 17 words on this board.

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N P H C H J K N E P G O L G R H U S J L
P J E A Y Z T A J N O C U I B C T A J B
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A I W N F H L A F T X L Q B I E N A R H
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A Y O S D X G T C I I S E E Y R O R N J
U N O E W G N L O Y L H U N P S N E C Y
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Answer Key for Earth's Crust in Motion!

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Word X Y Direction
ANTICLINE  89ne
COMPRESSION  913s
DEFORMATION  1819w
FAULT  814sw
FAULTATANANGLE  814n
FOOTWALL  1520n
HANGINGWALL  715n
NORMALFAULT  920e
PLATEAU  15s
REVERSEFAULT  166s
SANANDREASFAULT  184s
SHEARING  1210s
STRESS  414n
STRIKESLIPFAULT  1111sw
SYNCLINE  1611nw
TENSION  175s
THRUST  418n