Tectonic Hazards
Across
- 4. a type of explosive volcano found at destructive boundaries
- 9. a type of crust found under landmasses that is thicker
- 10. when one plate is forced under another
- 13. hazards related to movements in the earth
- 14. the tectonic plate that the UK is on
- 15. hazards related to the atmosphere
- 16. a type of gentle volcano found at constructive boundaries
- 18. a natural event with social/economic impacts
- 20. a natural hazard in the form of a large wave caused by an earthquake
- 21. these move the plates via rising and falling heat
Down
- 1. a natural hazard in the form of violent shaking of the ground
- 2. a layer made of molten iron and nickel
- 3. the type of hazard that kills the most people
- 4. a plate boundary where two plates move alongside each other
- 5. the outer layer of the earth made of plates
- 6. the layer of the earth made of magma
- 7. a type of crust that is denser and found under oceans
- 8. a natural hazard that involves magma rising from the mantle
- 11. the central layer of the earth
- 12. the name of the supercontinent that existed long ago when all land was joined
- 17. a plate boundary where one plate is forced under another
- 19. a plate boundary where two plates separate
- 22. the country with the most natural hazards