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Across
  1. 1. hypothesis a major earthquake is more likely to occur along the part of an active fault.
  2. 4. A break in the Earth's crust.
  3. 5. wave a wave of energy that travels through the earth.
  4. 7. normal fault
  5. 8. a vent or fissure in the earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
  6. 10. strike=slip fault
  7. 11. is based on the idea that a major earthquake is more likely to occur.
  8. 12. reverse fault
Down
  1. 2. a seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in a back and forth direction.
  2. 3. Rebound the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  3. 5. a seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move side to side direction.
  4. 6. the study of Earthquckes.
  5. 7. the bending tilting and breaking of the Earth's crust.
  6. 9. a funnel-shaped pit near the top of the center vent of a volcano.