Carlon is modeling a B. strike-slip fault. In a strike-slip fault, two blocks of crust slide past each other horizontally, much like the movement of the wooden blocks that he is pushing in opposite directions 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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A. normal fault
B. strike-slip fault
C. thrust fault
D. rift valley
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