EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
Across
- 3. A shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin
- 4. Rocks that make up over 90 percent of the earth's crust
- 5. Outermost layer of the earth
- 9. A circular depression caused by volcanic activity
- 11. A sudden event bringing great destruction
- 14. An instrument that records the earth's vibrations
- 15. What are huge slow moving pieces of the earth's crust and upper mantle
- 16. Hot, melted rock that forms deep inside the earth
- 17. Energy that travels through the earth
- 18. What comes out of a volcano
- 19. Fracture where blocks of crust on either side move
Down
- 1. Concerning an earthquake or earth vibration
- 2. What determines the strength of an earthquake
- 3. Large pieces that make up the earth's crust and upper mantle
- 6. An earthquake that happens after the main earthquake
- 7. Measures the energy released by an earthquake
- 8. Horizontal fault where the areas of rock slide past one another
- 10. Large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
- 11. Harm resulting from injury to person or property
- 12. Location of 1994 earthquake that measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and killed 57 people
- 13. Place or opening in the earth's crust from which rock and gases reach the surface