This crossword puzzle is about faults, stresses, and crust deformations for a middle school earth science course. There are twenty-three clues for students to solve for completion. Vocabulary terms and/or topics covered among the clues include foot wall, syncline, fault, deformation, reverse (fault), dome, tension, hanging wall, fault block, isostasy, shearing, anticline, mantle, lateral (fault), compression, crust, normal (fault), rift valley, plateau, basin, fold, stress, and fracture. The clu