Earthquake Vocabulary Activity

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Across
  1. 3. Scale that describes the intensity of an earthquake based on its observed effects
  2. 5. Plate ________ are associated with earthquakes and volcanic activity
  3. 7. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy
  4. 9. A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move
  5. 10. A measure of the damage done by an earthquake
  6. 12. A scientist who studies the history and structure of the earth
  7. 14. Earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth
  8. 15. A series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes
  9. 17. Earthquake wave that travels slower, and is the second wave to reach the seismograph station
  10. 18. A measure of the total amount of energy released at the focus of an earthquake
Down
  1. 1. Point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. 2. The movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate
  3. 4. An earthquake wave that follows the main shock
  4. 6. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  5. 8. Scale that describes the earthquake's magnitude by measuring the seismic waves
  6. 11. An instrument that detects, records, and measures Earthquakes
  7. 13. A deep gorge formed on the ocean floor
  8. 16. The location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released