Across
- 5. plate boundary where two plates move horizontally past each other
- 7. Shape of a volcano formed by less viscous basalt lava that flows easily
- 8. a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
- 10. rock that is formed near volcanoes
- 12. plate boundary where two plates meet
- 14. (2words) region where 2 plates move towards each other with the oceanic crust moves below the Continental crust
- 15. Plate boundary where two plates move apart
- 16. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- 17. who is the Maori god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons, the youngest son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku
Down
- 1. The location where the earthquake begins
- 2. the process where rocks are worn away or broken
- 3. a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault (2words)
- 4. Rock that is formed under heat and pressure
- 6. a type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically along a river valley
- 9. rock that is formed through depositing and cementing layers of eroded rocks
- 11. How is an earthquake measured?
- 13. this is when broken rocks and sediments are picked up & moved to another place by ice, water or wind