Earthquake Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Caused when two tectonic plates rub together
  2. 4. The __________ plate also contains New Zealand
  3. 5. Australia was connected to __________ 160 million years ago
  4. 7. __________ are people who see something happen, (mostly bad)
  5. 9. The__________ reads a seismometer
  6. 11. The __________ scale explains the magnitude
  7. 13. The movement of plates that slide against each other
  8. 14. Tectonic __________ make up the crust of the earth
  9. 17. The movement of plates pushing together
  10. 19. Europe and Asia sit on the ________ plate
  11. 20. The world’s deadliest earthquake was located in this country
Down
  1. 1. Richter scales explain this
  2. 2. This reads the magnitude level of earthquakes
  3. 6. The movement of plates pulling apart
  4. 8. New Zealand sits on one of these, and they are usually where big earthquakes occur
  5. 10. The__________ surrounds the core
  6. 12. The border of the __________ is 660km deep
  7. 15. __________ Plates rub together to create earthquakes
  8. 16. There is an inner and outer __________ in the centre of the earth
  9. 18. Oceans/rivers flooding inland, generally caused by earthquakes