Earthquake Vocabulary Crossword
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
 
 
Down: 1) instruments located at or near the surface of the Earth that record seismic waves.2) waves of energy that travel through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions.3) the measure of degree to which an earthquake is felt by people and the amount of damage caused by the earthquake.5) A measure of the strength of an earthquake.6) Waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases and cause particles in rocks to move in a back and forth direction.7) the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.9) These waves move along the Earth's surface and produce motion mostly in the upper few kilometers of Earth's crust.11) the point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins. Across: 4) the tracing of earthquake motion and is created by a seismograph.8) the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.10) the point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point.12) A branch of Earth Science.13) a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side to side direction.
 

 

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