Across
- 2. a hot (typically >800 °C, or >1,500 °F ), chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash that travels rapidly (tens of meters per second) away from a volcanic vent or collapsing flow front
- 9. molten rock on land
- 11. a super continent formed
- 12. the innermost layer of the Earth
- 13. German meteorologist and geophysicist
- 18. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- 19. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth
Down
- 1. he sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the earthquake source
- 3. a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era
- 4. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth
- 5. a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California.
- 6. The location where two plates meet
- 7. a hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flow quickly down the slopes of a volcano.
- 8. a mixture of molten and semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth
- 9. features on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain
- 10. he sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the earthquake source
- 14. the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water
- 15. a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region
- 16. the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other
- 17. features on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain
