Across
- 1. a gigantic wave of seawater caused by an earthquake in oceanic crust
- 3. to cause something to start or happen
- 5. a smaller, weaker earthquake that often follows a main earthquake event
- 8. a column of magma that rises from the mantle into a chamber beneath Earth’s crust
- 10. an instrument used to track seismic waves traveling through the earth
- 14. happening by chance
- 16. a very hot region deep within Earth’s mantle where a huge magma chamber forms
- 17. to cause a force to be felt or have an effect
Down
- 2. an earthquake’s strength
- 4. a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano or geyser
- 6. not permanent
- 7. a process in which a heavier oceanic plate slides under a lighter continental plate
- 9. in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble
- 11. heavy, dense rock formed from cooled, hardened lava
- 12. melted rock in Earth’s mantle
- 13. to move forward quickly, suddenly, and with force
- 15. to move downward
