Science Crossword
Across
- 4. A mountain with a hole in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks, ash, lava, etc., in a sudden explosion (called eruption). (V)
- 9. A hypothetical super continent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods. (PAN-EA)
- 10. A shaking of a part of the earth's surface that often causes great damage. (E)
- 13. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. (S)
- 16. A part of plate tectonics. Its discovery provided a mechanism for continental drift that Alfred Wegener could not explain. In this lesson, you will learn about this important geologic process. (S) (S)
- 18. A narrow, straight, elongate, U-Shaped valley between two mountain ranges. (T)
- 20. The process of making something, especially a gas, liquid. (L)
- 24. The branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena. (S)
- 25. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance (T)
- 26. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill. (M)
- 27. The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. (E)
Down
- 1. The region between an oceanic trench and the associated volcanic arc. (F)
- 2. A fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture. (F)
- 3. Locations on Earth's surface that has experienced active volcano activities for a long period of time. (H)
- 5. An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means. (S) (W)
- 6. A geologic plate in which most of the crust (the top rock layer is mostly land). (C) (P)
- 7. A natural feature of the earth's surface. (L)
- 8. An opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted. (V)
- 11. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts. (H)
- 12. Is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake, (A)
- 14. A theory of the condition of approximate equilibrium in the outer part of the earth. (I)
- 15. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur. (A)
- 17. The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. (E)
- 19. A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake. (M)
- 21. Ground that slants downward or upward. (S)
- 22. A mild tremor preceding the violent shaking movement of an earthquake. (F)
- 23. Hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth. (M)