Earthquake Crossword
Across
- 1. The printout from a seismograph that0020
- 3. Plate boundary where plates slide side by side.
- 7. Person who first proposed a theory on Plate Tectonics.
- 12. Location of largest Earthquake of all time.
- 15. Type of Curst that is light in color and is not as dense.
- 16. The major mechanism for plate tectonics.
- 18. Location of largest Earthquake in North America.
- 23. An area around Pacific Ocean wherre most Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur.
- 24. Another name for size.
- 25. Instrument that records earthquakes.
- 26. The height of a wave.
- 28. Another name for a P-Wave.
- 30. Plate boundary where plates collide or move together.
- 33. Strongest evidence for plate tectonics.
- 34. Type of Curst that is dark in color and is the most dense.
- 35. Earthquake wave that cannot travel through liquids.
- 36. Sudden movement in the earth’s crust that produces Earthquakes.
- 37. Earthquake waves that occur in the Earth.
- 38. Location on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
Down
- 2. Earthquake waves that occur on the Earth’s Surface.
- 4. Structural layer that plates float on.
- 5. Another name for a S-Wave.
- 6. Scientist who studies earthquakes.
- 8. Earthquake scale based on calculations.
- 9. Another name for a Tidal Wave or large wave.
- 10. Movement along a fracture in the Earth where earthquakes are formed
- 11. The name of Alfred Wegner’s Theory.
- 13. Structural layer that plates are made of.
- 14. Plate boundary where plates separate or move apart.
- 17. When Earth’s Magnetic Field reverses.
- 19. Earthquake’s Point of origin beneath the Earth’s surface where movement occurs along a fault.
- 20. Earthquake scale based on visual observations.
- 21. Divergent boundary on continents.
- 22. Theory that decribes tectonic plate material, & mechanism/effects of plate movement.
- 27. Fastest Earthquake wave and first to arrive.
- 29. Vibration of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy.
- 31. Divergent boundary on ocean floors.
- 32. The study of earthquakes.