Across
- 2. the idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor
- 4. the idea that a supercontinent split apart into the continents
- 5. a steep sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions
- 7. heat from below earths surface
- 11. hot,molten rock below Earth's surface
- 13. the idea that Earth's surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the mantle
- 14. a huge crack in earth's crust
- 17. magma that reaches the surface
- 18. shaking of earth's crust after a earthquake
- 20. the layer beneath Earth's crust
- 21. a sensitive device that detects the shaking of earths crust during an earthquake
- 22. a cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent
- 23. the central opening in a volcanic area
Down
- 1. a very hot part of earth's surface
- 3. the idea that many kinds of rocks form flat, horizontal layers
- 6. a wide, gently sloped cont that forms from flows of lava
- 8. the sliding of a denser ocean plate under another plate when they collide
- 9. a cone formed from explosive eruptions
- 10. the amount of energy released by an earthquake
- 12. a vibration that spreads out away from a focus of an earthquake
- 15. Earths solid, rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
- 16. the point where an earthquake starts
- 19. the point on directly above the focus
