Across
- 5. When a material stretches past this limit, it breaks suddenly, releasing energy.
- 6. two forces acting in opposite directions to slide parts of the object past each other
- 7. the amount of strain a rock can handle without breaking
- 8. any shaking of the ground measurable by seismic instruments
- 9. force that acts in a line to pull apart an object
- 11. force that acts to squeeze or crush something
- 12. describes two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other
Down
- 1. an instrument that detects the movement of the earth due to seismic waves
- 2. upward force on a less dense object in a denser material
- 3. describes two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- 4. force exerted inside a material
- 10. any change of shape of a solid under stress