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