Earthquakes

A sudden movement of the earth’s crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity.

• volcano

• tsunami

• earthquake

• tornado

The scientific study of earthquakes.

• seismic waves

• seismology

• seismograph

• seismologist

A scientist who studies earthquakes.

• seismologist

• seismograph

• seismology

• seismic waves

Most earthquakes take place along:

• tectonic plate boundaries

• hot spots

• places far from tectonic plates

• near volcanic eruptions

The location where two tectonic plates crash into one another are also known as:

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• condivtran boundaries

The location where two tectonic plates separate is also known as a:

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• condivtorm boundary

Places where two tectonic plates scrape, or slide against each other horizontally are called:

• transform boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• condivfrom boundaries

Places where earthquakes occur that are not along tectonic plates are called:

• epicenters

• focuses

• fault lines

• boundaries

This is a break in the earth's crust

• focus

• epicenter

• seismic crack

• fault

What builds up along places where tectonic plates slip, slide, and pull along each other?

• cracks

• faults

• stress

• seismic waves