| A | B |
| Shaking of the Earth's crust | earthquake |
| Deepest layer of Earth | core |
| Thickest layer, made of solid and melted rock | mantle |
| Point on Earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake | epicenter |
| Layer of Earth that includes land and ocean floor | crust |
| Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle | plates |
| Break in Earth's crust along which rocks move | faults |
| Instrument that records earthquake waves | seismograph |
| Undergraound point where an earthquake first starts | focus |