Earth science Unit vocabulary review

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Across
  1. 3. type of tectonic plate boundary - two plates slide horizontally past each other -no distruction to litosphere-but resulting in earthquakes usually
  2. 7. a series of ocean waves caused by earthquakes, landslides, etc
  3. 9. two plates slide past each other horizontally-away from each other
  4. 10. seismic waves that travel through the earth by compression and expansion of the material they pass through
  5. 11. waves that travels in a circular motion, rather than up and down
  6. 13. an instrument that detects and records vibrations and movements in the Earth, esp during an Earthquake
Down
  1. 1. two or more plates collide and move towards each other
  2. 2. rock composed of the earth's crust and mantle that move relative to other plates slide past each other
  3. 4. transverse waves that travel slower than P waves and cause ground shaking and cannot travel through liquids
  4. 5. one tectonic plate slides under the other at a convergent boundary
  5. 6. a visual record, a graph, produced by a seismograph
  6. 8. seismic waves that travel through the Earth's interior, P and S waves are the types
  7. 12. a fracture or zone in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred and can create earthquakes