Plate Tectonics Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the measures of earths energy released by an earthquake
  2. 4. a vibration that travels through earth that is produced by earthquakes and volcanoes
  3. 6. hot,fluid rock in the mantle
  4. 8. the slow movement of the continents over cons
  5. 10. only travels through solids
  6. 11. the theory that earths surface is broken into pieces,or plates, that slide over the magma in the mantle
  7. 12. the part of part of earth that has water
  8. 15. travels through all material
  9. 16. a central opening through which magma and gases erupt once reaching earths surface
  10. 17. the solid portion of the earth
  11. 18. flat lines that show locations north or south of the equator
Down
  1. 2. the location on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. 3. a break or crack, in the rocks of the lithosphere along which movements can take place
  3. 4. process where magma comes up between the plates and forces them apart
  4. 5. has never shown activity or erupted
  5. 7. smaller earthquakes that follow a major earthquake
  6. 9. the point below the surface of earth where an earthquake begins
  7. 13. has not shown activity in 200 year
  8. 14. an instrument that detects ,measures,and records seismic energy from earthquakes
  9. 17. the angular distance east or west on the earths surface