Dynamic Earth

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Across
  1. 3. The mountain range that formed between India and Asia
  2. 7. The landmass that existed before continental drift
  3. 10. What a seismologist would study
  4. 11. The rigid outer part of the Earth (crust & upper mantle)
  5. 14. the ocean wave formed when there is seismic activity under the ocean (sometimes called a 'tidal wave'
  6. 15. The smallest building block of matter
  7. 16. The inner-most part of the Earth
  8. 17. A large landmass that was part of pangea
  9. 18. A rupture in the crust of the Earth that allows lava to flow out
  10. 19. The scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes
Down
  1. 1. The more common name for sodium chloride (table ____)
  2. 2. The volcano that buried the Italian city of Pompeii
  3. 4. The theory that describes how the continents move (continental _____)
  4. 5. The more common name for H2O
  5. 6. The lithosphere consists of ________ plates
  6. 8. The part of the Earth between the crust and the core
  7. 9. The type of waves formed by activity (such as an earthquake) along a faultline
  8. 12. The part of the earth vertically above an earthquake's focus
  9. 13. Glucose and fructose are examples of this