Tectonic Activity

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Across
  1. 2. A measurement of the strength of an earthquake.
  2. 3. Molten rock under the surface of the Earth.
  3. 7. Plates that move towards each other.
  4. 8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus.
  5. 9. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
  6. 10. Leaving home and moving to a safer location.
  7. 11. Can check any movement withing the rocks.
  8. 12. Islands created by volcanoes.
  9. 16. Used to measure the power of an earthquake
  10. 18. When a more dense plate moves under a less dense plate.
  11. 19. A volcanic center
Down
  1. 1. Plates that move away from each other.
  2. 4. A scale for measuring the effects of earthquakes.
  3. 5. These cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
  4. 6. Plates that slide past each other.
  5. 7. Movement withing the Earth, which moves tectonic plates.
  6. 13. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. 14. The instrument that measures the motions of the ground.
  8. 15. An Indonesian word for a rapidly flowing mixture of rock debris and water. Sometimes referred to as m mud flows.
  9. 17. The location where the earthquake begins.