Tectonic Hazards

3. the innermost layers of the earth it's the hottest layer of the earth
6. a fracture or crack in the earths crust where two tectonic plates move past each other
7. molten rock underneath the earth's crust
10. a plate boundary where the oceanic and continental plates push towards each other
12. thick, light and buoyant, made of granite
13. caused when plates slide past each other, friction causes them to get stuck, over time the pressure builds up and eventually they jolt past each other
14. the name magma is given when it reaches the surface of the earth

1. created at collision zones where two continental crusts collide e.g. the Himalayas
2. dense,thick and very heavy, made of basalt
4. Several large slabs of the lithosphere that hold the continents and oceans and are slowly but constantly moving around the earth.
5. the thickest layer of the earth between the outer core and the crust
8. where magma erupts through the ground
9. a plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
11. the name given to the first super-continent