Planet Earth Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. When two tectonic plates slip past each other causing rapid movement along a fault line, which shakes the earth
  2. 6. molten rock found beneath the earth's surface.
  3. 7. The thickest layer of the Earth that consists of Magma.
  4. 9. The liquid layer of the Earth. Made up of Iron and Nickel and rotates around the inner core.
  5. 11. Place where New Zealand's most fatal earthquake occurred.
  6. 14. Area on the surface directly above where the earthquake occured.
  7. 15. The thinnest and coldest layer of the Earth.
Down
  1. 1. The newly discovered '8th continent' that New Zealand sits upon.
  2. 3. An opening in the earth's crust that erupts lava. Ruapehu and White Island are these.
  3. 4. The term for magma once it has reached the surface
  4. 5. The super continent of the Southern Hemisphere that was made up of Australia, Africa, India, Antarctica and South America
  5. 6. Formed from pre-existing rocks and organisms that get layered up over time.Created under intense heat and pressure, these rocks are formed from other rock types.
  6. 8. When two tectonic plates collide they are __________ plates
  7. 10. A large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses. Lake Taupo is an example of this.
  8. 12. The centre of the Earth. This is the hottest layer that consists of Iron and Nickel.
  9. 13. Latin for fire, these rocks are made when magma is crystalised and solidified.