Lesson 2: Earthquakes Vocabulary
Across
- 7. a vibration in the ground that results from the movement along faults or breaks in the Earth's crust, were surfaces move past each other.
- 8. waves that move slower and can produce severe ground movement
- 10. a type of fault that forms when forces pull rocks apart along a divergent plate boundary.
- 11. waves that carry the energy of an earthquake away from the focus.
- 12. where tectonic plates meet
Down
- 1. the point on the surface directly above the focus.
- 2. compression waves that travel through solids and liquids.
- 3. a type of fault where two blocks of rock slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions.
- 4. the point beneath Earth's surface where rock under stress breaks to cause an earthquake.
- 5. devices that measure and record ground motion.
- 6. only travel through solids
- 9. a type of fault that forms when a force pushes two blocks of rock together with the rock above the fault moving up.