Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. steep walled depression around a volcanos vent
  2. 2. point of earths surface directly above the earthquakes focus
  3. 5. earths outer layer
  4. 6. theory that magma from below earths crust is forced up torward the seafloor at a midocean ridge
  5. 7. measure of energy released by an erthquake
  6. 8. theory that earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around
  7. 11. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  8. 12. a scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves
  9. 14. location in mantle that is is hotter than most
  10. 15. plastic like layer of earth
Down
  1. 1. hypothesis by alfred wegener that states that the continents move
  2. 3. surface along which rocks break and move
  3. 4. liquid core that surrounds earth
  4. 6. enrgy waves that are produced and travel outward from the earhquakes focus
  5. 7. largest layer inside earth, mostly made of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron
  6. 9. waves of energy that reach earths surface during an earthquake
  7. 10. rigid outer most layer of earth
  8. 13. opening in earths surface where volcanic ash and lava erupt
  9. 16. a powerful giant wave
  10. 17. a large super continent