Tectonic Word Power

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Across
  1. 3. type of force that squeezes rocks
  2. 4. opening of Earth's crust where volcanic materials released
  3. 7. the fastest surface wave
  4. 10. solid, dense core of the Earth
  5. 13. tectonic plate beneath the Ring of Fire
  6. 14. outermost layer of the earth
  7. 15. layer of the Earth that can be deform because of the heat
  8. 16. German meteorologist
  9. 17. fracture on the Earth's crust
  10. 19. who studies earthquake and maps the Earth's structure
  11. 24. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  12. 25. theory of Alfred Wegener
  13. 26. bending of rocks layers forming mountains
Down
  1. 1. boundary where 2 plates move away
  2. 2. a slab or block of rock that moves
  3. 5. supercontinent
  4. 6. boundary between two colliding plates
  5. 7. rigid layer of the earth composed of crust and upper mantle
  6. 8. point on the crust directly above the focus
  7. 9. bowl-shaped depression at the top of volcano
  8. 11. process where dense plate sinks underneath
  9. 12. boundary at which two plates slide past each other
  10. 18. large ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes
  11. 20. layer between the crust and the core
  12. 21. point where seismic energy is first released
  13. 22. liquid core of the Earth
  14. 23. force that pulls rocks apart