Ch 21 Handout

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Across
  1. 6. The man who came up with the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  2. 7. Fault where the hanging wall is pushed down
  3. 8. Earthquakes are measured by this
  4. 10. The fast seismic wave
  5. 11. The largest layer of the Earth
  6. 13. A seismic sea wave
  7. 14. Boundary where two plates slide side by side
  8. 15. What is created when compression causes the rock to form an upfold
Down
  1. 1. This seismic wave can travel through liquid
  2. 2. Boundary where the crust is being pulled apart
  3. 3. Boundary where two plates collide
  4. 4. This is caused by a sudden release of stress within the crust
  5. 5. Stress where things are pulled apart
  6. 9. The point on the surface of the Earth above an earthquake
  7. 12. Fault where the hanging wall is pushed up