Plate Tectonics

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Across
  1. 3. When one plate goes under another.
  2. 5. Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  3. 6. The type of wave that forms from earthquakes.
  4. 7. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. 10. Type of boundary where plates move apart.
  6. 14. Vent on the surface of the earth that releases magma.
  7. 15. Massive slabs of rock in the lithosphere that move with tectonics.
  8. 16. Long, narrow ditches formed in the ocean floor.
Down
  1. 1. The faster wave, can travel through all matter.
  2. 2. Middle of a tectonic plate.
  3. 3. Study of seismic waves.
  4. 4. Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust.
  5. 8. Type of boundary where plates come together.
  6. 9. A narrow crack in the earth.
  7. 11. Unexpected ground movement, caused by the release of energy in rocks
  8. 12. The slower wave, can only travel through solids.
  9. 13. A disturbance in a medium that carries energy.