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