| stress | | A type of fault when the hanging wall slips down relative to the footwall |
| reverse fault | | A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume |
| footwall | | A type of stress that squeezes rock untill it folds or breaks |
| compression | | A type of fault when rocks on either side slip past each other |
| tension | | A block of rock that lies below on a fault |
| strike-slip fault | | A block of rock that lies above on a fault |
| shering | | A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch |
| normal fault | | A type of stress that pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle |
| hanging wall | | A fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley |
| syncline | | A type of fault when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall |
| anticline | | A type of stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions |