Sc 8: pp 212-215

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Across
  1. 7. 2 or more tectonic plates meet
  2. 13. rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress
  3. 14. ______ occur when plates collide, causing rock to be squeezed
  4. 16. motion along a fault causes ______
  5. 18. the largest earthquake recorded in the United States
Down
  1. 1. stress that shortens of squeezes an object
  2. 2. each year, these many earthquakes are detected worldwide
  3. 3. directly above the focus on Earth's surface
  4. 4. energy is released as ________ which cause the ground to shake and tremble
  5. 5. place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  6. 6. break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move
  7. 8. process of rock returning to nearly the same shape after the stress is removed
  8. 9. the return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation
  9. 10. ____ faults are common at transform boundaries
  10. 11. at ______, plates pull apart and cause the crust to stretch
  11. 12. _____ is a place where 2 tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
  12. 15. ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy
  13. 17. the largest earthquake ever recorded was in this country