Earthquakes

1. The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
4. Motion Occurs where two plates pull away from each other
10. Gap An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occured recently but where strong earthquakes have occured in the past
11. Rebound The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
12. Motion Occurs where two plates slip past each other

2. Motion Occurs where two plates push together
3. The bending tilting and breaking of the Earth's crust the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
5. of energy that travels through the Earth away from an earthquake in all directions
6. A tracing of earthquake motions that is created by a seismograph
7. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus
8. An instrument that records vibrations in the gourd and determines the location and strength of an earthquake
9. The study of earthquakes