Geography Quiz
Across
- 2. What is the name for a landform created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river?
- 3. What is the name for the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocenter of an earthquake?
- 5. What is the name for a type of rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface?
- 6. What is the name for the process by which one tectonic plate is forced beneath another plate?
- 10. What is the name for the scale that measures the strength or magnitude of an earthquake?
- 11. What is the name for a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface?
- 13. What is the name for the boundary where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other?
- 14. What is the name for a type of rock formed from molten lava that cooled and solidified into a glassy texture?
Down
- 1. What is the name for molten rock that flows out of a volcano during an eruption?
- 2. What is the name for the boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other?
- 3. What is the name for a process by which rocks and other materials are broken down into smaller pieces by physical, chemical or biological weathering?
- 4. What is the term for a series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths and period caused by a large-scale disturbance of the ocean, such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption?
- 7. What is the name for a volcano that has not erupted in a long time but is still considered active?
- 8. What is the term for a flat-topped hill with steep sides that is smaller than a plateau and typically formed by erosion?
- 9. What is the name for a large, steep-sided, and often symmetrical volcano?
- 12. What is the name for a type of landscape formed by the weathering of limestone and characterized by underground drainage systems and sinkholes?