Across
- 1. Force of oceanic plate falling into the mantle is called _____
- 5. The build-up of pressure
- 6. Varies from 10 km to 70 km in thickness
- 8. Devices used to detect earthquakes
- 10. Places where magma rises to the surface
- 12. Force behind the growth of the Atlantic Ocean.
- 15. The scale used to measure earthquakes
- 17. The point directly above the focus of an Earthquake
- 18. Areas where one plate pushes under another
- 21. The hottest part of the Earth
- 22. Type of waves used to study the interior of the Earth
Down
- 2. The layer that makes up the tectonic plates
- 3. The last super continent to exist in Earth's history
- 4. The man who theorized the tectonic plate theory
- 7. The most liquid part of Earth's interior
- 9. Driving force behind plate movement
- 11. Forms over thin, weak points in the Earth's crust(hint: I forgot the E)
- 13. The largest type of volcanos, are flatter than your average volcano, and one is the Hawaiian islands
- 14. The part of the Earth that the plates move on
- 16. The depth of the _______ is a factor in earthquake damage
- 19. The part of Earth with the largest volume
- 20. Young mountians created by continental-continental plate convergence and are in Asia