Geology Crossword
Across
- 1. fracture zone between two block of rock
- 4. branch of science concerned with earthquakes
- 6. the first wave to arrive in an earthquake
- 8. hot fluid; magma
- 9. a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
- 11. inactive
Down
- 2. a rumble deep down that shakes buildings
- 3. the point on the surface vertically above the focus of earthquake
- 5. massive fault in California
- 7. the third wave to arrive in an earthquake
- 10. a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate.
- 12. stress that pulls rock apart in opposite directions