Dynamic Earth

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Across
  1. 3. Detailed, accurate graphic representations of features that appear on the Earth's surface.
  2. 7. The first waves from an earthquake to arrive at a seismograph.
  3. 9. Method for comparing the dimensions of the physical quantities occurring in a problem to find relationships between the quantities without having to solve the problem completely.
  4. 10. A current in a fluid that results from convection
  5. 12. Where two plates meet and make a divergent, convergent, or transform fault.
  6. 13. Reverse faults are faults in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall
  7. 14. A record produced by a seismograph
Down
  1. 1. The second waves from an earthquake to arrive at a seismograph.
  2. 2. The boundaries of a plate
  3. 4. A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
  4. 5. The upper part of the mantle
  5. 6. When two plates pull away from each other.
  6. 8. Any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans
  7. 11. A fluid layer of earth about 2,300 km thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above the solid inner core and below the mantle.