Module 7.3 Vocabulary
Across
- 5. a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement occurs.
- 6. a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
- 8. the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
- 9. a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water.
- 10. the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
- 11. rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
- 12. vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in Earth’s crust.
Down
- 1. a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or other space object by the impact of a meteorite.
- 2. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
- 3. a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
- 4. an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
- 7. the boundary between two plates that slide past each other.