Across
- 5. a break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
- 6. the edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates
- 7. the bending, tilting and breaking of Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
Down
- 1. the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
- 2. a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
- 3. the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point, or focus
- 4. the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
