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**EARTHQUAKES**

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Try to test out your earthquake knowledge and fill in the correct vocabulary term from Chapter 2 on Earthquakes!!

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Across
4.stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
8.change in volume or shape of Earth’s crust
9.type of seismic wave that move the ground up and down or side to side
10.force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
12.the block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault
16.a mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock
21.an upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth’s crust
24.a device that records ground movements by seismic waves as they move through Earth
25.stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions
26.The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
27.a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
Down
1.stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
2.point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
3.bend in rock that forms where part of Earth’s crust is compressed
5.a vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
6.a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward
7.type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion
11.scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a particular type of mechanical seismograph
13.a type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth’s surface
14.type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust
15.a downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth’s crust
17.block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault
18.an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
19.the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus
20.type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground
22.a break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
23.large area of flat land elevated high above sea level

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