Environmental Hazards

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Across
  1. 5. A scientist who studies weather
  2. 9. An area of active volcanoes located around the Pacific Ocean (7,4,2,4)
  3. 10. The area where crustal plates move side by side
  4. 13. The point underground directly beneath the epicentre where the crustal rocks snap apart
  5. 14. A scientist who studies volcanoes
  6. 16. Where one plate meets another (5,8)
  7. 18. An instrument used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  8. 20. The centre of a tropical storm
Down
  1. 1. An important line of latitude located at 23.5 degrees North of the equator (7,2,6)
  2. 2. An important line of latitude located at 23.5 degrees South of the equator (7,2,9)
  3. 3. A fast moving cloud or hot gas and rock (11,4)
  4. 4. The thin narrow pipe at the side of a volcano formed when the main vent is blocked (4,4)
  5. 5. The layer of hot, molten rock located beneath the Earth's crust
  6. 6. The thin narrow pipe in the middle of a volcano (4,4)
  7. 7. Smaller earth tremors normally experienced after a major earthquake
  8. 8. A tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  9. 11. Huge pieces of rock that fit together to form the Earth's crust (8,6)
  10. 12. A table which details the strength of an earthquake ranging from 1-12 (7,5)
  11. 15. Liquid rock melted by the Earth's heat
  12. 17. The hole at the top of a volcano where lava and ash escape
  13. 19. The name given to a tropical storm in the USA