Across
- 3. What is the study of earthquakes called?
- 5. What is the sinking of the Earth's crust called?
- 10. What is the point directly on the Earth's surface above the focus called?
- 12. What is a point along a fault where an earthquake occurs called?
- 13. What instrument traces an earthquake's motion?
- 15. What boundary is created by the strike of two lithospheric plates?
- 16. What is a zone of fractures between two slabs of rock called?
Down
- 1. What word is used to describe an earthquake's strength
- 2. What boundary is between two tectonic plates separating?
- 4. What is the breaking and tilting of the Earth's crust called?
- 6. What is a violent and destructive shaking of the Earth called?
- 7. What scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake?
- 8. What is the rising of the Earth's crust called?
- 9. What is a gap where few earthquakes have occured called?
- 11. What boundary is formed by tectonic plates sliding horizontally past each other?
- 14. What is the simplest time method used to find an earthquake's epicenter called?