Across
- 2. what name does magma get once it erupts from a volcano
- 5. what is the massive wave that can be caused by an earthquake called
- 6. how many major tectonic plates are there
- 8. where do earthquakes occur most
- 12. what scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
- 14. what was the name of the massive supercontinent that was comprised of all the other continents.
- 18. who was the first person to support the theory of continental drift
- 20. what are the massive moving pieces that make up earth's crust
Down
- 1. what is hot liquid rock below earth's surface called
- 3. what is a volcano called if it has erupted or will erupt soon
- 4. which volcano caused lightning that resulted in the only deaths caused by the volcano
- 7. which volcano spewed ash instead of lava in 1707
- 9. what are the edges of plates called.
- 10. what unusual natural phenomenon do volcanoes produce sometimes
- 11. what is the theory that the continents started as one big supercontinent but slowly drifted apart
- 13. what is the name of the major fault in california
- 15. what boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other
- 16. what instrument tracks seismic waves and there frequency
- 17. how many locations are needed to find the location of an earthquake using seismic waves
- 19. what is a volcano called if it will no longer erupt
