Forces that Shape the Earth
Across
- 2. A type of strain that creates a permanent change in the shape of a rock
- 3. Devices that measure and record ground motion
- 6. An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
- 9. Spread of oceanic crust allowing hot magma to rise
- 10. Curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to plate boundaries
- 11. Point beneath Earth’s surface where rock under stress breaks
- 17. The exact area where two plates interact
- 19. Compression waves that travel through solids and liquids
- 23. Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along faults
- 27. Waves that produce severe ground movement with a wavelike motion
- 28. Only travel through solids and temporarily change the shape
- 29. A change in the shape of a rock caused by stress
- 30. String of islands created by volcanoes near boundaries
- 31. A volcano that is not active, but may become active again
- 32. A type of volcanic eruption that happens with incredible force
Down
- 1. Caused by continental plates colliding
- 4. A volcano that is unlikely to erupt again
- 5. A fault that forms when tension pulls rocks apart
- 7. Area where material from deep within the mantle rises then melts
- 8. Major volcanic belt that borders the Pacific Ocean
- 12. Spread of continental crust causing splits in the crust
- 13. A type of volcanic eruption that bubbles out slowly
- 14. A type of strain that causes a change in rock that is NOT permanent
- 15. Squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
- 16. A fault that forms when shearing forces grind rocks against each other
- 18. Point on the surface directly above the focus
- 20. Molten mixture of rock, gases, and water
- 21. The type of wave that carries energy of an earthquake
- 22. A fault that forms when compression pushes rocks at each other
- 24. Caused by one oceanic plate subducting under another
- 25. Pulls on the crust, stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle
- 26. Pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions
- 29. Force that acts on rock to change it's shape or volume
- 33. Weak spot in earth’s crust where magma comes to the surface