Earthquakes word search, scramble and crossword

Match a one-line definition to the earthquake term it names, across all fifteen terms

Separate terms that differ by a single element — foreshock from aftershock, seismograph from seismogram, and the P, S and L waves from one another

Find domain vocabulary inside a letter grid where the words are set both forwards and backwards

Use the same fifteen terms across separate lessons, with the crossword and scramble for meanings and the search for word recognition.

Preview foreshock and aftershock, and seismograph and seismogram, if they are unfamiliar.

The scramble’s lines do not indicate letter counts. Compound terms appear without spaces in the puzzle grids.

Earthquake vocabulary recall — students connect fifteen terms to compressed definitions such as "Underground origin", "Surface above focus" and "Soil turns liquid", used in the crossword and scramble.

Precise spelling — the scramble supplies jumbled letters, a short clue and a blank line, so Seismograph and Seismogram have to be separated letter by letter.

Visual word recognition — the twenty-by-twenty word search sets the terms forwards and backwards, with a printed word bank to guide the search.