Question

A fault is ______.(1 point)

1.a place on earth where earthquakes cannot occour

2.a fracture in the earth where movement has occurred

3.the place on earth's surface where struture move during an earthquake

4.another name for an earthquake

Answer 1

A fault is a crack in the Earth's crust. Typically, faults are associated with, or form, the boundaries between Earth's tectonic plates. In an active fault, the pieces of the Earth's crust along a fault move over time. The moving rocks can cause earthquakes.