Across
- 3. A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
- 5. a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
- 7. the shaking and trembling that results from movement in rock below earths surface
- 11. A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle. Which of the following would best describe this process?
- 13. japan and New Zealand are examples of strings of volcanic islands know as___
- 14. seismic waves that move side to side
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in ___ per year
- 19. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays
- 20. reaches the surface
Down
- 1. Heat transfer between materials that are touching are called ___
- 2. On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a
- 4. A volcano is a(n) ___ that forms in Earths crust when molten
- 6. the area between below earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move
- 8. Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____
- 9. the point on the surface directly above the focus
- 10. volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges where two plates move ___
- 12. Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
- 15. seismic waves that compress and expand ground
- 17. waves move more slowly than S and P waves
- 18. Old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is
