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A fold is a _ in a rock , and a fault is a _in a rock?

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A geological fold occurs when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of permanent deformation.

So A fold is a Bend? in a rock. Maybe.

A fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.
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Answer:

A bold is a bent in a rock.

A fault is a crack in a rock

Step-by-step explanation:

A bold is a bent in a rock.

In earth's structure, when a flat plate of sedimentary rocks are pressed due to the plates movement into one another, the plate structure takes the shape of a bent structure or curved structure. The rocks buckle into folds. Fold are commonly seen in rock structure that is layered.

A fault is a crack in a rock.

Faults in a rock structure is formed due to stress. Faults are associated with the boundaries of the earth's tectonic plate. Fault is a zone of fracture between two blocks of mountain rocks and it causes relative motion in two sets of rock blocks.

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