Earthquake and Volcano Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. A break or crack in the earth's crust
  2. 6. The layer below the crust that the plates rest on, partially molten
  3. 7. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  4. 8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks, causing an earthquake
  5. 11. Boundary from the collision of 2 plates
  6. 12. Crust that is under the ocean; more dense than continental crust
  7. 15. an instrument that detects and records Earthquake waves
  8. 16. Solid outer rock layer of the Earth
Down
  1. 1. __________ Zone, formed when one plate slides under another
  2. 2. The shaking of Earth's crust caused by the release of energy
  3. 4. rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move among each other
  4. 5. A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  5. 9. Crust that makes up the continents, less dense than oceanic crust
  6. 10. The crust and upper portion of the mantle.
  7. 13. boundary when 2 plates are moving apart
  8. 14. Boundaries Two plates slide past each other