Across
- 2. characterizes the relative size of an earthquake
- 5. where plates slide sideways past each other
- 8. earth's crust and upper mantle
- 11. major plate in eastern and southern hemispheres
- 12. includes both South America and Atlantic Ocean
- 17. containing continent of Antarctica
- 19. lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
- 20. tectonic plate straddling the equator and the prime meridian
Down
- 1. location where greatest damage associated with the earthquake occurs
- 3. originally part of ancient continent Gondwana which India broke away from
- 4. where two plates are moving toward each other
- 6. the main landmass has granitic core called craton
- 7. formed because of fusion of Indian and Australian plate
- 9. center of the earth
- 10. a supercontinent
- 13. a fluid layer about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) thick
- 14. includes traditional continents of Europe and Asia
- 15. violent shaking of the ground
- 16. upper layer of earth's mantle below lithosphere
- 18. when two plates are moving away from each other