Water does not play a role in metamorphic processes.

The _________ represents the cardinal direction of the fault or tilted rock layer.

The process by which loose sediment is turned into sedimentary rocks is called: 

The hangingwall of a fault lies beneath the fault plane.

In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves in what direction?

Metamorphic rocks may form from:

By definition, mountains must:

Sedimentary rocks are classified as:

Strain is the deformation caused by forces applied to a given area of rock (stress).

Most basement rock formed during the Archean and Proterozoic eons.