Plate tectonics Assignment
Across
- 2. when two plates slide against each others
- 4. The point of origin of an earthquake
- 7. when two plates move apart
- 9. A collisional boundary occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together
- 11. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
- 12. the melted rock on Earth's surface
- 13. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
- 14. the outermost layer of earth
- 15. is formed when very hot rock rises through mantle and erupt through Earth's crust
- 17. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
- 19. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
Down
- 1. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor
- 3. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago
- 4. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
- 5. Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
- 6. when one plate slides under another plate
- 8. The upper part of the Earth including the crust and upper mantle
- 10. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
- 16. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
- 18. a trembling or shaking of the earth surface results in sudden surge of energies from Earth's crust