When you think of a fault, imagine a toy that doesn’t work right because a piece is missing or broken. This missing or broken piece is like a fault. It makes the toy not work the way it’s supposed to. Just like when you try to build a puzzle and a piece is missing, it feels incomplete. The missing piece is the fault in the puzzle.
Now, think about a game where everyone has to follow the rules. If someone doesn’t follow the rules, that’s a fault. It’s like playing tag and someone keeps hiding instead of running. The game doesn’t work right because of the fault in how the rules are followed.
In nature, a fault is like a crack in the ground. Imagine the Earth is a big cookie, and when it breaks, the pieces don’t fit together perfectly anymore. That crack is the fault, and it can make the ground shake, like when you tap a cookie too hard and it crumbles. The fault is what causes the shaking, just like the tap causes the cookie to break.