Earthquake Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 4. fastest-moving type of seismic wave; causes particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion
  2. 6. travels as vibrations on and in Earth
  3. 8. causes particles in the ground to move up and down, similar to ocean waves
  4. 11. where Earth’s lithospheric plates move and interact with each other
  5. 12. location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate
  6. 14. measures and records ground motion and the distance and direction seismic waves travel
Down
  1. 1. scientist who studies earthquakes
  2. 2. vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth’s lithosphere
  3. 3. causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels
  4. 5. location directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. 7. break in Earth’s lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another
  6. 9. Earth’s interior below the crust and above the core
  7. 10. tending to move toward one point or approaching each other
  8. 13. graphical illustration of seismic waves