earthquake
Across
- 2. a layer within the Earth between the crust and the core
- 3. places where plates slide sideways past each other
- 5. instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake
- 7. the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the Earth
- 9. result of a underwater earthquake
- 11. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
- 13. the solid, outer part of Earth
- 14. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- 15. the energy or the movements that cause a change in the Earth's crust
- 16. the rating used to determine severity of a earthquake
- 18. smaller earthquakes that occur in the same general area during the days to years following a larger event
- 19. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
- 20. the top layer of the earth crust
Down
- 1. the internal part of the seismograph
- 4. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust
- 6. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
- 8. title of this crossword
- 10. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
- 12. The location where two plates meet
- 17. The innermost part of the earth