Across
- 2. a mountain that opens downwards to a reservoir of molten rock
- 3. this word comes means “the house of snow”
- 7. layer of the earth that lies below the lithosphere
- 8. associated with the surficial discharge of molten rock
- 11. the largest mountain system in Europe
- 13. the oldest mountain range in the US
- 15. the point on earth’s surface directly above the focus
- 17. is a product of movements of tectonic plates.
- 18. a crack across the rocks
- 22. belt composed of igneous rocks and sediments
- 23. where the earthquake originates
- 24. small earthquakes that happens after a major one
- 27. refer to tiny particles like sand, silt, and clay
- 28. study of mountains
- 30. explains that mountains are built by internal processes through geologic time
- 31. mountains the longest mountain range in the world
Down
- 1. describes the degree of shaking caused by an earthquake at a given place
- 4. range many closely spaced mountains
- 5. molten rock
- 6. Japanese word for tidal wave
- 7. means mountain climbing
- 9. occurs when magma circulates within earth
- 10. plumes columns where rocks in the mantle are rising towards earth’s surface
- 12. measure of the earthquakes size
- 14. locations on earth that has active volcanoes
- 16. Mountains group of jagged, snowcapped peaks
- 19. a steep valley between two young mountains
- 20. a large wave that moves up and down instead of forward
- 21. Wilson founder of the theory of plate tectonics
- 25. sudden, violent shifting of plates under earth
- 26. the study of earthquake
- 29. large elevated platform that is formed through tectonic forces