Geosphere

3. The smallest magnitude that can be felt.
4. Earthquakes that cause widespread damage have magnitudes of _____ and greater.
6. Largest magnitude ever.
7. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
9. vibrations of the Earth's crust caused by slippage along a fault.
10. These layers consist of the crust, mantle, core.
13. Molten material beneath or within the Earth's crust.
15. Earth's outer layer.
16. Earth's thin outer layer.
18. Plates The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth- is divided into small pieces.
20. The removal and transport of surface material.

1. Average distance through the center of the Earth to the other side.
2. million The Eurasian tectonic plates and the Indian tectonic plate began to push into each other about ____________ years ago.
5. A volcano _____ when pressure of the magma inside becomes so great that it blows open.
8. The layer beneath the lithosphere
11. A break in the Earth's crust which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another.
12. The layer beneath the crust, makes up 64% of the mass of the Earth.
14. The solid part of the Earth that consists of all rock, as well as the soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface.
17. A mountain built from magma - melted rock- that rises from the Earth's interior to its surface.
19. Earth's innermost layer.