Earth Science EC Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. the boundary where one surface plate is contained underneath another plate.
  2. 9. A volcano that is not currently erupting and hasn't in some time but is anticipated to erupt in the future.
  3. 11. A type of volcano categorized as a mix between the other two types.
  4. 12. A plate boundary where two plates move side by side
  5. 13. the boundary where one surface plate hangs over another one
  6. 14. The technology that allowed scientists to map the ocean floor.
  7. 16. the element the signals the death of a star. Once this is made the star will begin to "die"
  8. 19. The official name for the parts of the lithosphere that move around on the mantle of fluid rock.
  9. 20. A scale used to determine how powerful any given earthquake is.
  10. 22. A tool that is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
  11. 24. The force the pulls the atoms in a star together (It also keeps us on Earth)
  12. 25. The location on the Earth's surface directly above the Focus
  13. 26. The waves that travel similarly to tapping the end of a stretched slinky. Also known as compression waves.
Down
  1. 1. A type of volcano categorized by gentle slopes and nonexplosive eruptions.
  2. 2. What happens in a star as smaller atoms combine into a bigger star
  3. 3. When big enough stars explode they form this kind of gigantic explosion.
  4. 4. This object is believed to have been created from a giant meteor impact that came crashing into Earth.
  5. 5. The waves that travel side to side. These occur after the primary waves
  6. 7. The idea that all the continents of the world were once one giant continent known as "Pangea"
  7. 8. Where the actual earthquakes takes place between two plates
  8. 10. the Theory that states the world started as a tiny speck that exploded into all of the universe as we know it
  9. 14. A plate boundary where one plate is pushed down underneath another plate.
  10. 15. A plate boundary where two plates move apart from one another
  11. 17. The concept of hot things rising and cold things falling.
  12. 18. A type of volcano categorized by steep slopes and explosive eruptions.
  13. 21. A plate boundary where two plates move towards one another
  14. 23. The only layer of the Earth that is completely liquid.