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