Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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Across
  1. 2. A volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  2. 3. An instrument that records vibrations in the gourd and determines the location and strength of an earthquake
  3. 6. The study of earthquakes
  4. 7. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus
  5. 12. The bending tilting and breaking of the Earth's crust the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  6. 13. Motion Occurs where two plates push together
Down
  1. 1. A tracing of earthquake motions that is created by a seismograph
  2. 3. An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occured recently but where strong earthquakes have occured in the past
  3. 4. Motion Occurs where two plates pull away from each other
  4. 5. A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  5. 8. Motion Occurs where two plates slip past each other
  6. 9. zone An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from eachother
  7. 10. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  8. 11. The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs