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