The Lithosphere
Across
- 5. falling rock or snow from mountains
- 6. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth
- 7. A geophysicist who studies earthquakes
- 8. caused when fine particles move and settle
- 10. Latin word for fire
- 15. caused from plates hitting each other
- 16. The study of volcanoes
- 19. a mountain from which lava erupts
- 20. a crystal formed by extreme heat and pressure
Down
- 1. A scientist who studies volcanology
- 2. caused by earthquakes under the water
- 3. erupting magma
- 4. plates under the earths surface
- 9. type of rock that changes due to high pressure and heat
- 11. type of rock formed below the earths crust.
- 12. caused when tectonic plates overlap
- 13. study of earthquakes
- 14. A scale to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
- 17. the overflow of water causing damage to land and structures
- 18. The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core