Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 4. where geological feature is cut in half
  2. 5. study of magnetic fields frozen in rocks
  3. 10. 1959, used ridge patterns
  4. 12. more dangerous volcanic eruption
  5. 15. releasing bend,can form depressions
  6. 16. less deadly type of eruption
  7. 17. used to create first detailed ocean floor map
  8. 18. plates that spread away from each other
  9. 20. measure of strength of earthquake
  10. 21. when one plate slides beneath another
Down
  1. 1. developed continental drift theory
  2. 2. zone where plates split apart
  3. 3. molten rock found within volcanic chambers
  4. 6. compression added to shearing motion
  5. 7. large but not steep volcano
  6. 8. lava that forms tubes,smooth and ropy
  7. 9. volcano,felsic to intermediate rock
  8. 11. most dangerous volcano
  9. 13. most typical volcano
  10. 14. plates that come towards each other
  11. 19. type of lava that erupts underwater