Lesson 2: Earthquakes Vocabulary

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