what is fault in science?
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✨ A ғᴀᴜʟᴛ ɪs ᴀ ғʀᴀᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏʀ ᴢᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ғʀᴀᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴡᴏ ʙʟᴏᴄᴋs ᴏғ ʀᴏᴄᴋ. Fᴀᴜʟᴛs ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴄᴋs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ... Eᴀʀᴛʜ sᴄɪᴇɴᴛɪsᴛs ᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ (ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴘ) ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ sʟɪᴘ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄʟᴀssɪғʏ ғᴀᴜʟᴛs.✌
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A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. Earth scientists use the angle of the fault with respect to the surface (known as the dip) and the direction of slip along the fault to classify faults.
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