Evidence of Movement Along Faults Each picture below shows how an earthquake changed the land surface at a fault. Examine the pictures carefully. Decide what kind of fault is shown in each. Then explain how movement along the fault caused the changes you see. Write your answers in the spaces provided

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Evidence of Movement Along Faults

Each picture below shows how an earthquake changed the land surface at a fault. Examine the pictures carefully. Decide what kind of fault is shown in each.

Then explain how movement along the fault caused the changes you see. Write your answers in the spaces provided

Examine the pictures carefully. Decide what kind of fault is shown in each.
Then explain how movement along the fault caused the changes you see. Write your
answers in the spaces provided
Fault 1
Type of fault:
Road
The two blocks of rock on either side of the
fault
moved in
_directions.
Fault-
The road and fences broke at
the
of each structure were displaced.
line, and the two halves
River
Footwall
Fault 2
Hanging
wail
Type of fault:
New lake
The block in the bottom of the picture
(the
Fault
wall) moved upward along
Dry'
riverbed
Transcribed Image Text:Examine the pictures carefully. Decide what kind of fault is shown in each. Then explain how movement along the fault caused the changes you see. Write your answers in the spaces provided Fault 1 Type of fault: Road The two blocks of rock on either side of the fault moved in _directions. Fault- The road and fences broke at the of each structure were displaced. line, and the two halves River Footwall Fault 2 Hanging wail Type of fault: New lake The block in the bottom of the picture (the Fault wall) moved upward along Dry' riverbed
the fault. The river could no longer flow
the fault. Instead, the water
collected at the base of the fault (on the
wall) to form a
Without water flowing into it, the part of the river on the
wall ran dry.
River
Fault 3
Footwall
Type of fault:
Fault
Hanging
wall
The block in the bottom of the picture (the
wall) moved
along the fault, creating a
Waterfall
where the river crosses the
Transcribed Image Text:the fault. The river could no longer flow the fault. Instead, the water collected at the base of the fault (on the wall) to form a Without water flowing into it, the part of the river on the wall ran dry. River Fault 3 Footwall Type of fault: Fault Hanging wall The block in the bottom of the picture (the wall) moved along the fault, creating a Waterfall where the river crosses the
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