Across
- 6. The movement of the world’s plates is explained with Continental _____.
- 7. The plate around which is the Ring of Fire.
- 8. A plate boundary where crust is being destroyed.
- 9. A type of plate which is made of thinner, denser crust.
- 11. The scale which measures the size of an earthquake.
- 12. The name of the volcano that erupted in Iceland in 2010.
- 13. The name for molten rock before it reaches the surface.
- 14. A type of plate which is made of thicker, less dense crust.
- 15. The second layer of the earth, mainly made of molten rock.
Down
- 1. A zone where one plate slides beneath another.
- 2. A plate boundary where the plates slide past each other. Also the name of a UK political party.
- 3. The Caribbean country which suffered a devastating earthquake in 2010.
- 4. These types of effects include the damage to infrastructure, spread of disease and the collapse of buildings.
- 5. A plate boundary where new crust is being made.
- 10. These types effects include the ground shaking, lava flows and emission of ash clouds.
- 16. ___ clouds are emitted
- 17. The name for molten rock when it reaches the surface.
