GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Faults are cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement. These can be massive (the boundaries between the tectonic plates themselves) or very small.

Detailed explanation-2: -The difference between plate tectonics and plate boundaries is that one is a scientific theory while the other is a physical property of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics refers to the movement of large pieces of the Earth’s crust called tectonic plates. A plate boundary is a place where two or more tectonic plates met.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with relative to the other. The faults are most commonly found around the edge of plates which are continental-size blocks of rocks that comprise the outermost part of the earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -A fault is formed in the Earth’s crust as a brittle response to stress. Generally, the movement of the tectonic plates provides the stress, and rocks at the surface break in response to this. Faults have no particular length scale.