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Across
  1. 2. a type of stress occurring at transform boundaries where tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another in opposite directions
  2. 4. the sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of built-up energy when tectonic plates—massive, shifting slabs of Earth's crust—suddenly slip, grind, or break along fault lines
  3. 5. the extensional stress that pulls tectonic plates apart, primarily occurring at divergent boundaries
  4. 6. a series of massive ocean waves caused by the sudden, vertical displacement of the seafloor, usually triggered by underwater earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries, particularly subduction zones.
  5. 7. a type of stress where lithosphere plates collide and push against each other, squeezing rock layers together
Down
  1. 1. a fracture in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of rock move past each other, driven by the movement of tectonic plates
  2. 2. the force per unit area applied to rocks within the Earth's crust, resulting from the movement of tectonic plates
  3. 3. measures the energy released at an earthquake's source, determined by the size of the fault rupture, rock rigidity, and amount of slip