Tectonic plate
Across
- 1. Waves: Waves of energy that travel through the Earth as a result of an earthquake.
- 5. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
- 7. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- 9. Drift: The theory that the continents were once part of a single landmass that drifted apart.
- 11. Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface.
- 14. The upper layer of the Earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, where the rock is more fluid.
- 15. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
- 16. The point within the Earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
- 19. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates collide.
Down
- 2. The process where one tectonic plate slides under another.
- 3. Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
- 4. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
- 6. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
- 8. Boundaries: The edges of tectonic plates where most of the geological activity occurs.
- 10. The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 12. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
- 13. Plates: Large, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock that make up the Earth's lithosphere.
- 16. A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
- 17. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, from which the present continents separated.
- 18. A long, narrow depression in the ocean floor, often formed at subduction zones.