Carlon is modeling a strike-slip fault. This type of fault occurs when two blocks of Earth slide past each other horizontally, which is similar to the movement he is demonstrating by pushing one block forward and the other block backward while rubbing their surfaces together.
Use this paragraph: Carlon is using two wooden blocks to model the movement of Earth's plates. He pushes one block forward and the other block backward, rubbing their surfaces together.
Which Earth feature is he modeling?
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• normal fault
O thrust fault
O rift valley
• strike-slip fault
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