Across
- 1. A tectonic boundary where two plates slide past each other.
- 3. An instrument used to record the motion of the ground.
- 7. A rock having solidified from lava or magma.
- 10. The science of earth’s physical structure.
- 11. A very hot area in the mantle.
- 12. A stream of charged particles.
- 13. The layering of materials caused by differences in density.
- 15. A tectonic boundary where the two plates move toward one another.
- 16. An elastic wave of earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
- 18. A zone of energetic charged particles that are mainly caused by Solar Wind.
Down
- 2. A tectonic boundary where the heavier plate sinks below the lighter plate.
- 4. A region around a planet dominated by the planet’s magnetic field.
- 5. A movement caused within a fluid because hotter materials rise and colder material sinks.
- 6. A tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- 8. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters.
- 9. The bending of light.
- 14. An igneous rock formed by cooling magma below the earth’s surface.
- 17. An igneous rock caused by the rapid cooling of lava.
