Earth Systems Crossword Puzzle (5% Extra Credit)
Across
- 2. a type of volcano that has explosive eruptions with slow, sticky flowing lava
- 4. deep part of the ocean created by subduction zones
- 6. a "sleeping" volcano
- 8. the process by which oceanic crust slips beneath continental crust, returning to the mantle
- 9. the unit of measuring an earthquake's energy output
- 11. the origin point of an earthquake
- 12. the theory of a spreading sea floor
- 15. plates moving together
- 18. the theory that continents were at one point all together in one supercontinent
- 19. a volcano that is erupting or will erupt soon
Down
- 1. the number of major tectonic plates
- 3. a type of volcano that can have both quiet and explosive eruptions
- 4. large, damaging waves created by underwater seismic activity
- 5. a type of volcano that has quiet eruptions with quick, smooth flowing lava
- 7. how fast or slow a liquid flows
- 10. a dead volcano
- 13. the crack in the middle of a divergent boundary
- 14. plates moving away from each other
- 16. a weak spot in the Earth's crust th
- 17. plates moving past one another