Across
- 1. Two blocks of rock are forced together by compression
- 4. Rigid outer part of earth
- 5. The region of earth's interior between the crust and core
- 6. Movement caused by the tendency of hotter, less dense material
- 9. Hot molten Plasma that comes out of a volcano
- 10. The sliding of mass down a mountain/hill
- 12. The line between two tectonic plates
- 17. German researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist
- 21. The upper layer of earth in which plants grow
- 23. The action of deposing someone
- 26. Tall sea wave caused by an earthquake
- 29. Caused by a change in temperature that causes rocks to break apart
- 30. An extended break in a body of rock
- 33. Long seismically active submarine system
- 34. The point where wave or rays meet
- 37. Cover or submerge with water
- 38. A cavity in the ground especially in limestone
- 39. Vibrations in the earth's crust
- 40. Transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth
Down
- 2. A mountain or hill with a crater in the top for lava to flow through
- 3. Vertical fractures where a rock has moved sideways
- 6. Where two or more plates move towards each other and collide
- 7. Stiff sticky, fine grained earth
- 8. The Geomorphologic break between a region of rock and a coastal plain
- 11. A mud/debris flow
- 13. Process which rocks are created
- 14. Faults that neither help or hurt the lithosphere
- 15. Geological conditions that involve geological processes
- 16. SKIP.....
- 18. Point on earth that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- 19. A type of map characterized by a large scale
- 20. Erosion or disintegration of rocks
- 22. Process of eroding
- 24. A loose granular substance that is typically yellowish brown
- 25. Fine sand carried by water
- 27. Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
- 28. Hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined
- 29. The theory of earth's crust
- 31. A long narrow ditch in a ocean
- 32. A sliding plate or a moving plate
- 35. A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling down a mountain side
- 36. Waves that travel in the interior of the earth