Across
- 3. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
- 7. natural land shape or feature
- 9. scientist that studies volcanoes
- 11. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
- 12. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
- 13. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
- 14. breaks it
- 16. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
- 19. scientist that studies earthquakes
- 21. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
Down
- 1. the strength of an earthquake
- 2. a break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
- 4. very small pieces of rock
- 5. takes it
- 6. Tectonics the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
- 8. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
- 10. drops it
- 15. Scale- measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
- 17. the thin outer layer of Earth
- 18. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- 20. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally