Earthquake Vocabulary Review Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Created when rock folds upward; creates arch
Created when rock folds downward; bowl-like
A force that acts on rock to change its shape/volume
Type of stress that pulls apart
Type of stress that squeezes rock together
Type of stress that pushes rock in 2 opposite directions (past each other)
Type of fault caused by tension; HW drops
Type of fault caused by compression; HW rises
Type of fault caused by shearing; leave out the hyphen
Type of mountain that forms when 2 normal faults cut through a block of rock
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
Shaking or trembling of earth's crust
The area beneath Earth's crust where an earthquake starts
The point on the surface directly above an earthquake's focus
Seismic waves that arrive first
Seismic waves that vibrate from side to side; arrive after P-waves
Most destructive seismic waves
Scale used to rate earthquakes according to the level of damage
Scale used to rate earthquakes based on size of earthquake's seismic waves
Used to measure seismic waves

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