Chapter 6 Crossword Puzzel
Across
- 2. center of an earthquakes activity
- 5. spreading zones along some plate margins that are moving apart
- 7. the section of rock on opposite sides of the crack move relative to each other
- 10. the spot on the earth's surface directly above the focus
- 12. fault faults motion is parallel to its dip
- 14. block above the fault surface dropped in relation to the block under the fault
- 15. force exerted inside a material
- 17. fastest body waves and have relatively small amplitudes and short wavelengths
- 21. strengths of earthquakes are reported
- 22. the angle of a fault
- 23. plates slide past each other in opposite directions along long cracks in the crust
- 24. detects earthquake waves
Down
- 1. upward force on a less dense object in a denser material
- 3. only motion along the fault is horizontal
- 4. indicates the energy released by the earth's movement
- 6. waves with larger amplitudes
- 8. zones of collision or subduction- plates are moving toward each other
- 9. forces that act to pull an object apart
- 11. a force that acts to squeeze or crush an object
- 13. any kind of shaking of the ground measurable by seismic instruments
- 16. last waves to reach a seismic station
- 18. direction of a fault
- 19. crack in a rock that shows no indication of motion on either side of the crack
- 20. two forces acting in opposite directions attempt to slide