Dynamic Earth - Crossword
Across
- 3. A mudflow
- 4. An opening in the earth that lets magma out
- 7. The third layer of the earth, contains liquid that is mainly Iron and Nickle
- 8. Shaking of the ground
- 10. Floats on water
- 12. Māori word for magma that is escaping from the surface and coming out of a volcano
- 14. Not likely to erupt any time soon, but can still erupt again
- 17. Rocks that form when other rocks break down and are deposited in lakes and oceans
- 21. Large earthquake that moves in a snakelike way and can go 4km per second
- 23. The outer layer of the earth
- 25. Crust that makes our continents
- 29. From living things
- 30. When two plates move away from each other
- 31. The exact spot under the crust where the earthquake happened
- 33. Will never erupt
- 35. Measures earthquakes
Down
- 1. molten rock
- 2. When two plates slide past each other
- 5. Plates that make up the earth
- 6. Short and sharp compression waves that can go 8 km per second
- 9. Weaknesses in the crust where magma can work its way to the surface
- 11. How the earth's plates are slowly moving
- 13. When igneous and sedimentary rocks melt and become different rocks
- 15. Māori word for a destructive wave caused by an earthquake
- 16. Non living things that are broken down and that form layers
- 18. Māori word for the shaking of the ground
- 19. Glassy smooth black rock that forms when lava cools quickly
- 20. Where we can feel an earthquake
- 22. Erupting
- 24. The final layer of the earth and is made from solid iron and nickle.
- 26. Brown, black or purple-reddish coloured igneous rock
- 27. The second layer of the earth, has semi liquid rock
- 28. Crust that is found on the ocean floor
- 32. Magma that is escaping from the surface and coming out of a volcano
- 34. Volcanic rocks