Memory EarthquakesVersion en ligne Match the vocabulary with its definition par Amy Messersmith tectonic plate boundary the return of rock to its original shape after deformation epicenter elastic rebound Earthquake the process by which rock changes shape due to stress Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy fault where two more tectonic plates meet deformation a place within Earth along a fault, at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs a break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move divergent boundary transform boundary focus convergent boundary directly above the focus on Earth's surface Trip to Reading Museum!