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